Parker Busswood
CNET English 100
Aurelea Mahood
October 9, 2009
DIGITAL REINCARNATION
In her article “Always-on/Always-on-you: The Tethered Self,” Sherry Turkle makes reference to the widespread use of online social games as a tool for rethinking and experimenting with one’s identity. Users of such games are oftentimes adults who utilize these sites to gain a “feeling of everyday renewal” and [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Identity’
3 October 2008
Position Paper ~ Raj, Bohemian
By Nick Fulton
This was an outstanding piece of literature. I felt a vibe and mania while reading this story. The setup of modern New York, the way they went about showing their roles in this world and how technology helped shape it. I saw this writing as stating the way in which we can lose [...]
6 April 2008
Glossary Entry: Identity
To have an identity is to have the sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality. Also, an identity affects how a person is placed in culture. But since the introduction of technologies in which an identity can be altered, the term to have an “identity” is now loosely defined. Especially with online identities, [...]
30 April 2007
You + Technology = ?
A CultureNet Contest
Last night you emailed a new playlist to friends after listening to a podcast by your favourite band. This morning you updated your blog with photos from that road trip to Seattle last weekend. And – yeah – it’s already time for a new cell because it sure feels like you’re only person [...]
