EMC2500 lecture

1. D I G I T A L I D E N T I T Y A N D
T H E
N E T W O R K E D P U B L I C
based on reading of boyd’s , ItsComplicated

2. N E T W O R K E D
P U B L I C S
• Based on networked
technologies, and are at
once…
• A constructed Space
• Imagined Community
• Allowed certain affordances

3. A F F O R D A N C E
S
• Persistence
• Always on the record
• Visibility
• Public by default
• Spreadability
• Searchability
• The web is a database

4. C O L L A P S E D
C O N C E P T S
• Imagined Audiences
• Many audiences
• ‘Worlds colliding’

5. I D E N T I T Y
M A I N T E N A N C E
=
S O C I A L L Y
C O N S T R U C T E D
I D E N T I T Y
• Identity work in
networked publics
• Crafting yourself
• Impression
Management

6. – E X A M P L E S
Thriller
Use the force
Bang Bang
4Beyonce