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The End or Beginning? #MANG2049

From what we have explored in the past few weeks, I have definitely learnt a lot. I’ve had high expectations for this module as it was a different approach on learning and it’s the first time having blog posts as the ‘assignments’. I’ve never written a blog before so it was a new experience all together. It was interesting as it is all up to our self-management and effort we put in to research and finish up by the deadlines. Continue reading →

Suiting to Our Preferences

(Reflection on Topic 3) – Deeper thoughts on having single or multiple identities online From what Shih Ying mentioned, she stressed on the importance on protecting your identity online as she had an experience of being hacked early this year, which she shared ways to prevent this from happening. Similarly, I myself had a near-hacked experience where my private account was almost hacked by a person in Russia. Source: Personal Screenshot. Continue reading →

Multi-Personality Disorder?

Topic 3: Discussing the pros and cons of having a single identity or multiple identities on the web. Introducing to this topic, Ulrike Schultze shares with us how social media shapes our identity online. Source: (TEDx Talks, 2015). As the children of the current generation grow up in the digital age, we all have our social platforms to communicate with each other since a young age. Continue reading →

Surfing in the Sea of Information

(Reflection on Topic 2) – Deeper thoughts on trusting sources online From what Xin Yi mentioned, I understood how sharing false information would lead to supporting the wrong people, for example buying dupe products would essentially mean supporting crooks (Viceland, 2017). Source: Self-produced infographic There are tech companies trying to put their efforts on catching these fake news before they go viral and one example is a website, Snopes. Continue reading →

Topic 1: Living on the Web

Digital Differences and how it impacts our interaction on the web Digital differences are where social categories people are in allow them to use the internet in different ways. Examples are firstly, age, where older people tend not to use the web more compared to youngsters. Next, class, where the lower social class have lower forms of education, are less likely to access the web as well. Followed by people being cyber bullied due to gender and ethnicity. Continue reading →

Introductory: “Digital Visitors” and “Digital Residents”

‘Digital Visitors’ and ‘Digital Residents’ is a way to describe the modes of online engagement and has been proved useful in understanding the reason behind the user’s motivation when using the web and context they are in (White, 2015). When being a visitor, individuals decide on the task they wish to undertake and they do not leave any forms of social trace behind. Continue reading →