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So, it turns out I’m lazy. I’m getting stressed just thinking about having to create and maintain multiple identities online. I definitely couldn’t maintain the multiple identities that Tom suggested to me in his comment (van Dijck, 2013)! But, having discussed with Sam about how future employers might be able to find my social medias, I can see why it may be better to operate anonymous or multiple accounts across my social platforms. Continue reading →

“In the olden times, privacy was good. Today people want to share” (Mark Zuckerberg, 2010). But, is sharing our entire thought stream online ever really a good idea?  Justine Sacco would probably argue, no. In 2013 after tweeting a racially insensitive message to her mere 170 followers, she boarded a plane to South Africa. 11 hours later she turned on her phone to find her tweet had gone viral and her life lay in ruins. Continue reading →

This topic has really opened my eyes to the amount of ‘fake news’ we are exposed to on a day-to-day basis! Thanks to my discussion with Dom following my comment on his blog, we came to the conclusion that Social Media has acted as the main catalyst for this. So, How Can We Protect The Next Generation? Stefan’s comment on my blog has made me further consider how we can protect future generations from the confusion of fake news. Continue reading →

Fake news – although not a recent phenomenon – has become somewhat of an epidemic in the past few years due to social media usage. It’s recent impact on events such as the U.S. elections (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017) and Britain’s Brexit (Kucharski, 2016) has certainly created a heightened awareness around fake news. So, are we still able to use the internet as a learning tool? Click to view slideshow. Continue reading →

Through doing the research for this topic I discovered just how much of a difference internet access can make to both the economic and educational levels of a country. Created by Joanna Fairey using Canva Aims For This Week To build on self-assessment and self-improvement I developed two main aims for this week: Created by Joanna Fairey using PiktoChart This week I was successfully able to produce a PowToons video, despite having struggled for a long time with it last week. Continue reading →

Whilst taking part in the ‘Learning in the Network Age’ MOOC as part of the UOSM2008 module, I discovered the concept of ‘digital differences’. Whilst most may assume that everyone uses the web for similar practices, research into this has revealed instead that factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, disability and class all impact if and how people use the internet (Zickuhr and Smith, 2012). Continue reading →

Created by Joanna Fairey using Canva Before starting this module, I was guilty of assuming that it would be ‘easier’ than my conventional degree-specific modules. I quickly realised, however, that just setting up my own blog on WordPress challenged my technical abilities (despite having concluded that I was a digital ‘native’!). Below is a video I used to help me convert to a WordPress ‘native.’ The Native vs. Continue reading →

Growing up in an online world, I have often taken computer literacy for granted. Prensky (2001) concludes that a person’s online proficiency is based mainly on their age. Those born during the boom of technological advances are considered ‘digital natives,’ whilst those born much before are ‘digital immigrants. Continue reading →