tanshihying

After reading the posts, I realized that most of my colleagues are advocates of a mixture of single and multiple online identities. However, Darren pointed out a very good point about online anonymity, where it got me thinking. Both Siew Min’s and Jian Wen’s blog talks about anonymity. I further ask them about their opinions cyberbullying. Below is the information I gathered from them. Continue reading →

Have your social media account ever been hacked before? Well, I do. But before that, let us know more about online identity. Since the Internet became part of our daily lives, online identities become an important factor we portrait ourselves the way we want the virtual world to view us. Does it matter?  It represents who you are real life and how others judge you. In the past, we use social media as a platform to stay connected and communicate with people. Continue reading →

Filter bubble bane or boon? In my previous post, the video I shared, got me thinking if filter bubble is important?Facebook sells our filter bubbles to advertisers and advertisers will spend more money to get their products to people who are willing to buy them. Below is an infographic on how filter bubble shapes us. Stumbled upon Ying Zhen’s blog post and Xin Yi’s blog post, both of them gives a very different perspective about the media literacy. Continue reading →

Have you ever question yourself if the article you are reading is true? I guess the majority of us will believe that the source posted online is mostly true, well, at least for me. However, I do agree that some posts are bais as they are trying to bring their point across to others. I have read through FutureLearn to give me a better insight on the methods on evaluating information quality online. Continue reading →

Souce: Original Content Thoughts on Digital Difference When I read my colleague’s post, I have gained more understanding from the different perspective of digital differences. Social privilege gives us the opportunity to access to internet easily, however, what matters most is the motivation you have for learning. Quoting from Alicia’s blog: Which I strongly agree with what Alicia had pointed out where age should not be a limiting factor for someone to learn. Continue reading →

The digital difference which is also known as digital divide is the term used to describes the gap between demographics that have access to the internet. There are many factors that are taken into consideration like their age, sociality class. In 2016, 53% of the world’s population was not using the internet (FutureLearn, 2017). Through constant global effort, we can see from the above figure, there is an increase for the Internet user. Continue reading →

What is digital resident and digital visitor? Many of us may be unfamiliar with this terms. Let us first understand what is the difference between the two. Digital Resident gets involve in the web with a significant amount of time. They are usually actives in most of the aspect for example social media platforms, blogs and forums. They like to get engage in the virtual world through different mediums, creating their online identity to express themselves. Continue reading →