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Navigating Digital Identity: Self-Expression and Social Networking

Explore the complexities of digital identity through social networking, online personas, and the impact of technology on self-expression. Dive into the nuances of identity formation and its manifestation in the digital realm. Learn how to navigate your online presence authentically.

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Navigating Digital Identity: Self-Expression and Social Networking

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  1. Network Cultures VT2012Week 3 7-Oct-11

  2. Digital Identity Part 2 Social Networking and the Creation of Self Online

  3. What is identity? In pairs write down at least three meanings of the word What makes up your identity? Think about and write down a list of important aspects of your identity i.e. gender, nationality, race, friendships, music taste, sexuality, appearance, student status, family, relationship, religion etc. Think about how these aspects of your identity are expressed differently in person and online. Discuss in groups and write down at least five examples.

  4. Digital Identity Mitchell and Webb identity theft Geert Lovink on Social Networking Digital dossier Perils of Internet Dating A Life on Facebook Introducing Timeline Facebook in Real Life

  5. Volunteer? Digital foot print analysis.

  6. “There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very “expressions” that are said to be its results.” (Butler, 1990:30)

  7. “On many of the large SNSs, participants are not necessarily "networking" or looking to meet new people; instead, they are primarily communicating with people who are already a part of their extended social network.” (Boyd & Ellison, 2007)

  8. Works Cited:Butler, J. (1999) Gender Trouble, London & New York: RoutledgeBoyd, D.M, Ellison, N.B. (2007), Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Available from: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html accessed [20/10/10]

  9. Next week • Second Life, MMORPGs, identity tourism • Reading (be prepared to discuss it in class). • Keep up your blogging. Send your blog address to barr@uel.ac.uk OR leave a comment at http://networkcultures2011.wordpress.com/ • Be prepared to discuss with the whole group your proposed video project.

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