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You can find my reflective thoughts on OA via the YouTube video I made below: You can read my comments on other blogs here: https://allpressisgoodpress.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/drowning-in-a-tidalwave/#comment-43 https://fabshaheer.wordpress. Continue reading →

Open access is concerned with online research that is available for anyone to use since it is free of financial restrictions and is fully available for re-use. Because of this however, it is a highly debated topic. https://bluesyemre.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/openaccess. Continue reading →

This week I decided to summarize my thoughts on the topic of ethics online via PowToon, which you can check out below. You can find my comments on other blog posts here: https://onlinewithhaley.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/endorsement-ethics-whos-opinion-is-real/#comment-53 https://elliecarnes.wordpress. Continue reading →

Sometimes, not minding your own business online can affect your business in real life. There are a number of cases where an individual’s social media has gotten them into trouble at work, and in some instances, even fired, which raises the debate on freedom of speech online and self-censorship. Continue reading →

Before researching this topic, I hadn’t considered how useful it could be to have a blog in helping with the job hunt process and I agreed with Hayley‘s post when she said that having a blog was also another way to enhance authenticity online. Continue reading →

More employers are using the Internet to recruit as a way to reduce time, cut costs and see a wider scope of candidates. (Make Use Of 2013) I’ve seen this from my own Twitter feed. After following recruitment companies and general businesses that interest me, I’ve noticed Tweets daily on my news feed from these accounts advertising job vacancies across the UK, and a lot of them are for graduates. Continue reading →

It was refreshing to note that other people echoed the same sentiment as myself with regards to multiple online identities as being authentic and a single identity inauthentic. In Hannah Press‘s blog, she reinforced my initial thoughts that multiple online personas reflect everyday life in the sense that we alter elements of our personalities to be appropriate for the situations that we find ourselves in. Continue reading →

Image Source: http://sattsat.tumblr.com/post/19445364906 Digital identity derives from the practices individuals have been developing online and it centres around two areas: presentation of the persona assumed and reputation. (Costa & Torres 2011:49) There is an idea that, among other dichotomies, users can assume multiple online identities; not just one. Continue reading →

At the end of my initial research and consequent blog post, I firmly decided that I fell more into the terms of Digital Natives and Immigrants due to the flawed point I noted in Cornu and White’s discussion. Continue reading →

According to Prensky, Digital Natives have been born into a world where technology is an integral part of everyday life, whereas those who transitioned from analogue to digital and had to learn tech speak, are a Digital Immigrant. There are many facets of technology that I do not understand and just because I’m a millennial does not mean I am automatically computer literate. Continue reading →