Identity and Digital Communication
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- Created on: 21-02-20 08:31
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- Identity and Digital Communication
- Greater range to choose from
- Cyborgs, emojis, online religious groups/churches
- Traditional sources of identity is less clear today
- Ellison - Hansel and Gretel Effect
- Online identities can be tracked/traced/shared - leave visible traces
- Age
- Ofcom Report (2014)
- More UK adults going online
- 98% 16-34s are online
- 9% increase from 33% (2012) of 65+ going online
- 62% UK adults now use a smartphone
- Generational Divide
- Older people less able to use it
- HOWEVER - Silver Surfers
- Boyle- Each successive generation, greater reliance on DC.
- IT is compulsory in education
- Technology in work has changed - young people more receptive to learning new skills.
- Mobile phones act as a safety tool for young people
- Older people less able to use it
- Young People
- Young children at risk of being targeted for exploitation
- More babies/toddlers using technology
- Educational tool
- Limits human interaction/communication skills
- Increases obesity
- Digital confidence peaks at 14-15
- Gardener and Davis
- Glammed up identity - socially constructed + polished self online
- Downplay less attractive aspects
- Fictitious Identity
- Adopt fake identities to represent themselves in different ways on different sites
- Glammed up identity - socially constructed + polished self online
- Older People
- Daytime TV aimed at older people
- Re-runs of older satellite TV
- Limited Access
- Not interested
- Complicated
- Conservative - change is unsettling
- Psychological barriers
- Higher risk of being scammed
- 59% of older people above 65 log in everyday
- Miller - Tales from Facebook
- Large increase in usage among older people
- Daytime TV aimed at older people
- Ofcom Report (2014)
- Gender
- Men and women use DC differently
- Younger women use DC to maintain social relationships
- 28% men use social media for a wider variety of reasons (entertainment)
- Male Gaze
- International Girls in ICT day - encourage girls to consider careers in ICT
- Men and women use DC differently
- Social Class
- Higher class = more disposable income = able to use/buy technology
- Social Capital
- Lower classes = can't get latest devices (digital underclass)
- Exclusion + embarrassment
- Barrier to social mobility
- Education relies on DC
- Disadvantage children who don't have access - can't do homework/projects
- (Mertens and D'Haenens) Different uses of the internet
- Lower classes = entertainment
- Higher classes = information
- Higher class = more disposable income = able to use/buy technology
- Location
- Reveals patterns of globalisation
- More developed countries have greater access to the internet
- (Internet world stats, 2015) Asia = 48.2% world's internet usage
- Asia is bigger than other places but some Asian countries have less access
- Greater range to choose from
- Young people have more time to use and learn how to use DC
- Less responsibility - jobs, caring etc
- Young People
- Young children at risk of being targeted for exploitation
- More babies/toddlers using technology
- Educational tool
- Limits human interaction/communication skills
- Increases obesity
- Digital confidence peaks at 14-15
- Gardener and Davis
- Glammed up identity - socially constructed + polished self online
- Downplay less attractive aspects
- Fictitious Identity
- Adopt fake identities to represent themselves in different ways on different sites
- Glammed up identity - socially constructed + polished self online
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