Tag: Facebook
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The Best Kind of Social Networking
….is the kind that happens 3 feet from each other. The best kind of social networking is the face to face interactions that we have with people. I guess, even a skype video conversation – which technically is face to face – is still pretty good. Even though you’re not…
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Facebook as the Identity Structure of the Internet
About 6 years ago, everyone was talking about Identity 2.0. You had an identity at all of the websites that you visited. You had your eBay reputation, and your AIM screen name. In fact, you created an identity at every website you visited. Then all of these technologists started talking…
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A Generation Has to Die
I don’t even remember what I was listening to, but they were talking about progress and the future. I’m sure it was social media related and how old habits continue to live on. As much as social media is taking over and as many people as there are using it…
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Facebook is Your New Drug
So evidently, you can look on your Facebook wall and it’ll boost self-esteem. Typically, people only write positive things on your wall. You can look on your wall and see all of these nice things that people say about you. Here’s mine. What happens when you start looking at it…
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Your Facebook Self
I just read an article that basically says that Facebook blurs the line between our real self and our digital self. There is no blur. Your real self is you and your digital self is also you. The caveat might be that your digital self is not completely you, but…
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If You’re Frustrated with Facebook…
…you should get off of Facebook. If you’re going to complain – complain, but then do something about it. Get off Facebook. Don’t start groups using the medium that you’re going to complain about. Although it does crack me up when I see people create a Facebook page complaining about…
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How I Read a Facebook Profile
Have you ever thought about how you read a Facebook profile. I’ve never thought about it, but I am going to try and describe what I do when I read one. I think the first thing that I look for are the Identity cues in the profile. Of course there…
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Facebook and Family
I have met so many family members that I have never met face to face – on Facebook. I’m talking to cousins and relatives all over the world. I can get to know them because of this whole Facebook thing. It’s great to meet them and talk to them over…
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Identity Caricature
Caricature: a. A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject’s distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect. b. The art of creating such representations. 2. A grotesque imitation or misrepresentation Typically, when you see a caricature, there are some features that…
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Facebook and You Being a Voyeur
I heard someone say that Facebook is for the voyeur. When you think of a voyeur, you probably thought about a peeping tom or something sexual. I did, but then I looked up the definition of voyeur. The first definition all had to do with all of our initial thoughts.…
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Sometimes It’s Annoying
…..all of these posts. I had a student tell me that I’m all over her Facebook wall, and although I’m actually not on Facebook that much, this blog and tweets end up on Facebook. So first of all – Thank you Rachel for pointing it. Second, I apologize to those…
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When You “Like” Something on Facebook
it says something about you, but it’s much more about telling other people something. In many ways, it’s an identity projection. It is you saying that you want this to represent a part of you. It says that you identify with this. In another ways, it is you identifying with…
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