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INTRODUCTION AND INITIAL OBSERVATION One thing I can say for sure is that after this topic, I have the pros and cons of different online identities on my fingertips. And the more posts I came across, the more my understanding of those identities increased. I observed that single and multiple online identities are on far ends of the spectrum, both starkly different from one another. This is what stimulated me to think of a common ground to bind both together. Continue reading →

WHICH IDENTITY SHOULD YOU HAVE?   Authenticity is considered a major basis for this decision, and even though single identity is more authentic, multiple identities are not completely inauthentic. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AUTHENTIC? Following the line of thought from the figure above is why single identities may not always be authentic. It also might be so as they are not able to encompass the veracity of an individual justifiably. Continue reading →

One of the most convoluted topics I’ve come across regarding living in the networking age was media literacy. The issue is deep-seated and branches out in various directions, including fake news. THE STRUGGLE TO GET STARTED I spent a fair amount of time reading about every aspect mentioned in the MOOC and then some. Reading information blogs and opinion posts only made me more conflicted on choosing a particular aspect to write about. Continue reading →

Something seems odd. It feels disparate. Let me walk you through it. My Observation and Evaluation I analysed these numbers and wondered how there is a significant 8% rise over just a year as compared to 3% over three years in usage of social media sites as news sources when 88% (64%+24%) of the population feel fake or fabricated news cause confusion. This was perplexing to me. (Shearer, E. and Gottfried, J. (2018). And Barthel, M., Mitchell, A. and Holcomb, J. (2018). Continue reading →

It is true that you never know the full story until you know the other’s side of the same story. A week into this module and I am not the person I was when it all began. Each article I read, each comment I thought over, gave me new perspective and expanded my knowledge of the world we live in today. A world, though rapidly advancing in terms of digital technology, is in fact, leaving a large population behind. Continue reading →

The world today is a “global village”, the concept of which was first introduced by Marshall McLuhan, who defined it as one world interconnected by an electronic nervous system. He believed that, as the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes. Continue reading →

In this fast-moving world of technology, it sure is difficult to keep up with new innovations. Marc Prensky initially introduced the idea of Digital Natives and Immigrants in 2001 to distinguish between people based on their knowledge of the technology. ‘Natives’ being the people with a good understanding of the digital world that is the young generation and ‘Immigrants’ being the people struggling to establish a foundation within the digital world that is the older generation. Continue reading →