Jake Ellis

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“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” (Steiner, 1993) I could be a dog; I might, for example, be a German shepherd. The chance of this scenario being true may be highly unlikely but it does serve to highlight that the online identities produced by individuals may only be showcasing a facet of themselves that they have selected. Continue reading →

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” (Steiner, 1993) I could be a dog; I might, for example, be a German shepherd. The chance of this scenario being true may be highly unlikely but it does serve to highlight that the online identities produced by individuals may only be showcasing a facet of themselves that they have selected. Continue reading →

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” (Steiner, 1993) I could be a dog; I might, for example, be a German shepherd. The chance of this scenario being true may be highly unlikely but it does serve to highlight that the online identities produced by individuals may only be showcasing a facet of themselves that they have selected. Continue reading →

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” (Steiner, 1993) I could be a dog; I might, for example, be a German shepherd. The chance of this scenario being true may be highly unlikely but it does serve to highlight that the online identities produced by individuals may only be showcasing a facet of themselves that they have selected. Continue reading →

“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” (Steiner, 1993) I could be a dog; I might, for example, be a German shepherd. The chance of this scenario being true may be highly unlikely but it does serve to highlight that the online identities produced by individuals may only be showcasing a facet of themselves that they have selected. Continue reading →

So it’s the end of the first topic for the ‘Living and Working on the Web’ module. We’ve looked at the way in which people make use of technology, specifically how they use the internet and social media in their day-to-day lives. In particular, we have studied the theories of Prensky and his natives/immigrants and White and Le Cornu who stressed visitors/residents, and evaluating the merits of each and their application to internet usage. Continue reading →

The concept of the digital visitor and the digital resident is a progression from earlier work submitted by Prensky (2001) in which he suggested the existence of the digital native and immigrant. Continue reading →