b) p. 166 Do you think that assuming an online persona (via screen name/handle/avatar etc) encourages people to play with the identity they present online and take risks in the ways they express themselves?
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Yes i think people do take risks in the way they express themselves whilst on the net, for example, Lister et al state, "We can experiment with other parts of ourselves, take risks or express aspects of self that we find impossible to live out in our day-to-day 'meatspace'." It is the ability of not being witnessed face to face expressing your views that makes the user more inclined to be more radical with their views.
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c) p. 167 What do you think of postmodern views which stress the fluidity of online selves and their apparent disembodied status, which has been argued frees people from being represented through signs of their race, gender, class etc?
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This apparent disembodied status whilst being on the net offers the user a whole world of opportunity, of self discovery. In my opinion this is a good thing, for example, it could allow someone to express a different gender/sexuality, as an example, through an avatar. It allows, persona play and experimentation. Lister te al, state, "interaction with no physical codes to locate gender, race or class is the basis for arguing that the internet facilitates the development of different experiences of identity and different experiences of group belonging." So here shows one way the inernet allows change, it is because you have no physical interaction with someone so they will never know the other selfs of your identity whilst displaying one self on the net.
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Yes i think people do take risks in the way they express themselves whilst on the net, for example, Lister et al state, "We can experiment with other parts of ourselves, take risks or express aspects of self that we find impossible to live out in our day-to-day 'meatspace'." It is the ability of not being witnessed face to face expressing your views that makes the user more inclined to be more radical with their views.
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c) p. 167 What do you think of postmodern views which stress the fluidity of online selves and their apparent disembodied status, which has been argued frees people from being represented through signs of their race, gender, class etc?
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This apparent disembodied status whilst being on the net offers the user a whole world of opportunity, of self discovery. In my opinion this is a good thing, for example, it could allow someone to express a different gender/sexuality, as an example, through an avatar. It allows, persona play and experimentation. Lister te al, state, "interaction with no physical codes to locate gender, race or class is the basis for arguing that the internet facilitates the development of different experiences of identity and different experiences of group belonging." So here shows one way the inernet allows change, it is because you have no physical interaction with someone so they will never know the other selfs of your identity whilst displaying one self on the net.
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