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Improvements This week I put a lot of time into improving my blog by taking previous comments on board. I feel that the structure of my blog has improved and I used infographics to support my arguments. Overall, I learned a great deal from reading my peer’s blog posts. Many people took to this weeks topic from different angles and so the blogs largely varied. Continue reading →

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

Figure 1: ‘Digital Identities’ by Heighway, 2018 created on Piktochart, What is a digital identity? The video I created below explains this: According to van Dijck (2013), most professional persona and personal persona display distinct differences and so we should use more than one online identities to accommodate these. Do we have multiple online identities? Social media sites now allow users to create multiple pages for different uses. Continue reading →

World Wide Web of Confusion- Created on Piktochart by Heighway, 2018 I put a lot of energy into improving my blog this week. I tried to step out of my comfort zone by using a variety of infographics and created a Youtube video- something I have never done before! Whilst researching this topic and reading my peer’s blogs, I believe that I have enhanced my knowledge of the reliability and authenticity of the information which is available on the internet. Continue reading →

The internet is a prominent way in which we understand the world around us- more than 3 billion people are using the internet worldwide. However, our ability to understand information on the internet can be affected by; media literacy, information literacy and data literacy. Continue reading →

My thoughts Throughout researching this topic I have realised how important internet access is and how this access dramatically affects people’s everyday lives. Having researched digital differences and after viewing my peer’s thoughts, I feel as if I have gained a deeper understanding of inequalities that exist and how this affects many people’s lives on a national or international scale . This is something that I have not really thought about before. Continue reading →

My thoughts Throughout researching this topic I have realised how important internet access is and how this access dramatically affects people’s everyday lives. Having researched digital differences and after viewing my course mate’s thoughts, I feel as if I have gained a lot of knowledge about this topic and it has opened my eyes to how access to the internet nationally or internationally may affect people’s lives. Continue reading →

      Inequality can often bring racism, class and gender to mind. However, the digital divide is the economic and social inequality in regard to access to and use of the internet, this is a new emerging type of inequality (Van Djik, 2013). According to Zickuhr and Smith (2012), digital differences refer to the stratification in those who have access to digital technology and the web comparative to those who do not. Continue reading →

Whilst writing my first post, I realised it was going to be difficult to create an effective, interesting and engaging piece of work but I soon realised this would be easier to achieve with the use of infographics and Youtube videos. Through researching into digital migrants and residents I feel like I have been able to think about the world wide web from a new perspective. Continue reading →

Whilst writing my first post, I realised it was going to be difficult to create an effective, interesting and engaging piece of work but I soon realised this would be easier to achieve with the use of infographics and Youtube videos. Through researching into digital migrants and residents I feel like I have been able to think about the world wide web from a new perspective. Continue reading →

Digital Visitors and Residents are a simple way of describing how different individuals use the world wide web. This theory is useful in helping us understand why individuals use the web. Continue reading →