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My Initial Stance Personally I feel that presenting yourself consistently and authentically online holds precedence over anything else. Others being able to find and connect with me easily is also very important. But I recognise that this isn’t the case for everyone in the digital sphere… After looking at research by Rawlinson (2013), I understand that there can be unintended consequences due to professional and personal profiles overlapping, such as with Justine Sacco (see figure 1). Continue reading →

“Different sites.   Different audiences.  Different purposes” (Boyd, cited in Lee, 2016).  Multiple identities online are increasingly common reflecting how heterogeneous humans really are.  They are now so common, that having a single identity is considered confining (Lee, 2016).  I must admit, prior to being introduced to this topic, I never really considered multiple identities, as I have only single identities for each of my social media accounts (see below). Continue reading →

What surprised me the most…  Whilst reading about media literacy and fake news, it surprised me how problematic fake news is, but paradoxically I suppose, I didn’t expect any less from an increasingly digital world. The problem of fake news! After writing about media literacy, my attention was directed towards how to combat fake news. Continue reading →

Media Literacy Various academics project that our media literacy level determines how we can access, evaluate and communicate messages using the internet.  Thoman and Jolls (2005: 190) emphasise an understanding of the role of media in society and essential skills of inquiry. Continue reading →

Digital Differences… A real ‘eye-opener’ Having written about ‘Digital Differences’ and seen everything my fellow bloggers have to say, I can confirm that it has opened my eyes as to how influential macro and personal factors are when it comes to using the web. Figure 1: My Top 5 Web Practices  Created using ‘canva’ by Karishma Bhakar Figure 1 shows my web practices as a young female student. Continue reading →

Digital Differences Following my previous posts about Digital ‘Natives’ and ‘Immigrants’, it is worth highlighting the concept of ‘Digital Differences’.  The assumption that all internet users use the web for similar practices has initiated discussions regarding personal factors impacting our web usage.  Factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, disability and class all impact if and how people use the internet. Continue reading →

A Reflection on Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’ Upon writing “Digital ‘Visitors’ and ‘Residents’”, I admittedly paid less attention to Prensky’s theory and accepted White and Le Cornu’s concept as absolute.  But, further research into Prensky’s approach has actually got me thinking about the similarity between the two. Continue reading →

Digital ‘Natives’ and Digital ‘Immigrants’ (Prensky) “Theory goes, that if you’re young enough to have grown up with digital technology, then you’re native to it” (White, 2014).  The concept proposed by Prensky of Digital ‘Natives’ and Digital ‘Immigrants’ was once widely accepted but is now subject to question and criticism. Continue reading →