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For my final reflection of the module I’ve decided to make a Prezi, reflecting on the issues raised during Topic 5. Enjoy, and please leave any comments below! All articles mentioned and images used can be found here: Blog Header Image Initial Image Publications in the UK Image  Article Lucy linked to in her comment on my initial blog post. The Guardian Article on Libraries and Open Access. Lewis’ Blog Taylor Swift Articles 1 and 2  Lucy’s blog and discussion in comments. Continue reading →

Whilst doing my research for my first blog post for Topic 5, I read the contributions of the UOSM2033ers who were quicker off the mark this week. Continue reading →

Looking into the online privacy debate has brought up some brilliant quotes that sum the situation up wonderfully, like the one in the header image (source). Here are another couple for your viewing pleasure, that will definitely give you pause for thought. Source Source This quote also pointed me to this article, which doesn’t pull any punches when pointing out that privacy is non-existent these days. Continue reading →

In a previous blog, I have discussed the importance of having a consistent online profile for professional reasons as anything we do online could be accessed by employers and effect our prospects, but it’s now time to consider whether it is in fact morally right for all of our online behaviour to be accessible. In his TED talk, Glenn Greenwald makes several convincing arguments in favour of online privacy. Continue reading →

Nick’s comment on my initial post on this topic was very thought provoking. I used the analogy of different social media accounts being like blocks in a pyramid, that if one was weak or removed then the whole pyramid would topple down, or if one social media account was weak or put across the wrong message then that can be the end of the road for a job application. Continue reading →

If you google ‘authentic online professional profile’, the majority of the articles and videos that pop up related to this subject will mention the words ‘personal branding’. Continue reading →

In their comments on my initial post, both Hollie and Leah highlighted my mention of Alessandro Ludovic’s opinion that having multiple online identities can have mean that we start to have multiple offline identities too. Hollie highlighted this blog post for me which I found extremely interesting. As the author of this blog post points out, even before the internet was thought of, people have always adapted their behaviour depending on the audience. Continue reading →

In their comments on my initial post, both Hollie and Leah highlighted my mention of Alessandro Ludovic’s opinion that having multiple online identities can have mean that we start to have multiple offline identities too. Hollie highlighted this blog post for me which I found extremely interesting. As the author of this blog post points out, even before the internet was thought of, people have always adapted their behaviour depending on the audience. Continue reading →

This is Sir Ragglesworth, fondly known as RAG Bear. He’s SUSU RAG’s mascot and for the last 2 years, RAG (or Raise and Give, the student fundraising organisation at the university) has been using Sir Ragglesworth’s Facebook (and even Tinder) page to promote fundraising events. Mark Zuckerberg, as Krotoski tells us in her article, is cracking down on profiles without a flesh and blood owner, and RAG Bear has been one of the casualties. Continue reading →

Having read many of my fellow UOSM2033ers’ blog posts explaining the concept of digital visitors and residents, I’ve realised that this issue is much more complex than I considered when writing my own initial post on this topic. In my post I focused on explaining why Prensky’s (2001) concept of digital immigrants and natives is pretty irrelevant in this day and age and putting forward my own metaphor to explain how the digital world is a place, as White and Le Cornu claimed. Continue reading →

As a linguist, Prensky’s (2001) concept of ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ , used to explain the varying ways in which people use the web in the modern world, is a little jarring. He compares the difference between the internet generation (natives) and those who came to the internet later in life (immigrants) with native speakers of a language and those learning a foreign tongue. Continue reading →