Zoey Ng

After reading up on this topic, it has definitely made me appreciate the resources and materials that is freely accessible to me today. Without open access, I wouldn’t have been able to learn so many skills by myself. As a make-up junkie myself, I am glad that beauty YouTubers create contents and share their knowledge on cosmetics to the world. I was able to learn so much from all these tips and knowledge shared without having to enroll into a make-up artistry program. Continue reading →

In this modern age, many of us look up for content either by Googling for information or watching YouTube videos. There are advantages and disadvantages for sharing free content to both users and content creators. The following video explains what open access means: Advantages: Free for All Be it for educational purposes, or learning a new skill or hobby, having open access means that all these contents are freely available for anyone who wishes to view them. Continue reading →

There are numerous ethical issues on social media in both business and educational context. The issue on astroturfing has piqued my interest, and being so intrigued about this topic I went to read on my peers’ posts and opinions on it. I realised that astroturf exists in many other forms: Infographic created by me. Information credits to Teresa & Angeline. As mentioned in Charissa’s blog, social media is a new channel for companies to do marketing. Continue reading →

Have you ever went on food blogs like LadyIronChef or DanielFoodDiary to look for restaurant recommendations and reviews? I sure did, because I believe reviews dish out genuine opinions which are deemed as a good indicator of quality. However, companies have caught on and are manipulating these reviews through the practice of astroturfing. Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g. Continue reading →

It has been an insightful morning; reading all the posts written by my peers definitely taught me numerous ways of how I should improve my own digital profile. Social media has been an increasingly important hiring tool for recruiters today, which has made me reconsider how my digital footprint is like. My outdated LinkedIn profile Looking at my LinkedIn profile, I was able to point out many flaws that refrains it from being an authentic digital profile. Continue reading →

Due to the advancement of technology, social media is no longer cutting-edge; it has become an almost universally adopted hiring tool. According to a recent study by Jobvite, social recruiting is now the norm — 93% of recruiters use or plan to use social media in the hiring process. It is crucial for us to update our social media platforms to attract our potential employers. Continue reading →

After reading a few of my peers’ blogs, it is evident that we have similar views and agreement about what online identity is and why do we have multiple identities online. There were many insightful knowledge that speaks to me the advantages as well as the disadvantages of having numerous online identities. I was able to relate to Karise’s blog post as she mentioned that people have multiple personas to specifically target the audience that they want. Continue reading →

Multiple ‘identities’ is not something unique to the online realm. We display partial identities in ‘real life’ depending on whom we interact with as well (Eg. to co-workers; to family). Our online identity is just one of the partial identities that we have created to represent ourselves in online communities and websites. Continue reading →

  Before learning about Topic 1, I had absolutely no clue that terminologies such as “digital resident” and “digital visitor” exist. By doing my readings and research about these terminologies, I have expanded my knowledge about users of the Web. After reading blog posts from my classmates, I was able to relate to their experience that I have encountered. As I type and express my opinions in this blog, I am acting as a digital resident. Continue reading →