Thursday, March 17, 2011
Blog 8
To me, Turkle views a persons online identity as an alter ego. To her, people use online identities as a means of working things out in real life. One perosn becomes the caring father figure online to replace the one he never had in real life. They also use online identities as a means of escapism, to get away from something that bothers them in real life. Whereas in Bayms reading, people sometimes use online identites as a means of fooling someone into believing they are not who they say there are, usually with dubious intentions. Also to reach out to others, to form relationships with others like themselves, to share experiences. My blogger, the Wheelcahir Kamikaze, is reflected in this last view. My blogger is documenting his life as an MS patient, or as his puts it "THE RANTS, RUMINATIONS, AND REFLECTIONS OF A MAD MS PATIENT". He wants people to know exactly who he is and what he is going through. He uses no alias, no mysterious user name, just his real name, Marc. The title of his blog, Wheelchair Kamikazi, is is outlet for dealing with his disease, MS.
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True, true. People are disappointed with themselves and their lives. They start off by digging a small hole, then about time they are finished, the whole is deep enough for a casket! I look at the social internet networking as a blind spot. You won't see coming in, but you will see coming out!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like your blogger is similar to my own! They both have issues that they want to blog about daily. Perhaps because of the internet, it allows us to freely wander our own minds and express anything up there to the world without true harsh objection. (No one stops me from clicking post comment for example) I can post anything I want, so why not post what is important to me?
ReplyDeleteIt is true that the internet allows us to express ourselves and let us say what we want to say. The internet also gives the opportunity of anonymity. I feel like the internet is a perfect place to raise awareness, especially in this case.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is blogs like yours that makes us ok that there if information out there that represents false identities. Because in the middle of lies and false profiles, people promising to be super models and they are short and chubby and "experts" that are writing from their mom's basements ect... there are, in fact, people that are struggling. People that are scared, hurt and confused and they want to share it with the public in an honest and open forum. Your blogger gives internet identity a good name.
ReplyDeleteI guess the great thing about internet indentity is, it's not a crime. Dan your blog is going to be good and intresting at the same time. To me it's hard to bulid a relationship online with someone you can't touch, hold, feel, and look at. But to others it's a life changer. I think what really means the most to a blogger is the fact they can express themselves boldly and freely! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd ion fact, once of the readings in this module looks at how people with disabilities use the internet and anonymity. If you suffer from discrimination in f2f situations, the internet can seem like a safe haven, where you truly can "be yourself."
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