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“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”, is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. In this instance, the internet is the world and all of its users are the players. From all the blogs I have read (Victoria, Shaun, Audrey, Luna, Timothy, Kwan Chien) all of them talked about having multiple identities on multiple platforms. It is really common to have multiple identities online among my friends. Continue reading →

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”, is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. In this instance, the internet is the world and all of its users are the players. From all the blogs I have read (Victoria, Shaun, Audrey, Luna, Timothy, Kwan Chien) all of them talked about having multiple identities on multiple platforms. It is really common to have multiple identities online among my friends. Continue reading →

Online identity is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites. Different social, technological and personal factors affects how we present ourselves on different networks. From these factors, we can choose to use a single identity or adopt multiple identities. Continue reading →

After commenting and reading blogs from Audrey, Min Hui, Luna, Victoria and Sahana. There are a multitude of ways to evaluate information online, but there are also other factors that affects the ability of the user to get reliable information. Luna and Kwan Chein commented on my blog that I should include filter bubbles and echo chambers in my post. I agree that I should evaluate it, but I replied Luna that: I realised that not everyone is as proficient at evaluating online information. Continue reading →

We are living in the Digital age where billions of information travel post-haste. However, this comes with increased false information, the real question is how to get reliable information. Established Institutions, sites run by government agencies, non-profit organisations, foundations or colleges and universities are good sources of credible information. (Weather. Continue reading →

I have read several of my classmate’s blog post and learned more about their background and how digital differences affect them. Victoria’s comment on my post about digital differences, really deepened my thinking.  she asked, which factor affects digital differences in people the most? I replied her with an analysis on Singapore. which made me realise that digital differences could be deeply affected by the country of residence, culture and attitude towards technology. Continue reading →

What is digital differences? The stark differences between those who were using the internet and those who were not.  (Zickuhr & Smith, 2012) There is a multitude of factors that affect digital differences such as age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social context, educational level, economic status, country of residence, digital literacy level, motivation and attitude. Continue reading →