- In an online context, people can experiment with SELF (identity experimentation). An example of this is experimentation with sexuality etc. This brings up the question of withholding ones identity and the ethical implications of it (see Week 3 of the seminar forum).
- Relationships that are built up online mean there is no intermediation (as there would be if the relationship was built up face to face in the 'offline' world). People can present a new kind of self in situations like this (again links to the ethical implications of withholding identity).
- Perhaps it could be argued that the online world liberates us, with regard to a person having the ability to present whichever desired 'self' they choose. The internet generally liberates us as consumers/choosers and this applies to the choosing of an identity that we choose to display online.
- Theories of new media are linked with post-modernism.
A couple of useful theorists to look at are Mark Foster and Walter Ong (and as yet im not quite sure what they say/don't say but i plan on finding out).
I also heard the terms 'Era of oralism' and 'Era of written exchange' being uttered, but by that point i had given in to my tiredness and was on the verge of collapse, so i'm not sure what they are all about (again i plan on finding out ASAP).
So that's it, hope y'all enjoyed reading this. Take care now, bye bye then. x
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