My web presence represents my identity as a human being, who amongst all the variables of life never ceases to miss an opportunity to live exceptionally. It was this fundamental aspect of myself that I think defines me most, and is the sole foundation of my web presence. Experience is a large part of my life, and I strive to get as much of it as possible from every circumstance and situation that I’m exposed to. In planning my web presence, I wanted to ensure that I was being whole-heartedly raw, expressing every euphoric moment to the late night internal conflicts.
The foundation of Web 2.0 established a new found way of communication and collaboration, encouraging information sharing, and according to Lever (2012), web 2.0 tools emphasize
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That readership does not necessarily need to be very large” (Rettberg,2008). Because my aim was not an increased digital footprint but more an attempt to reach out to today’s youth, I made the decision to use one of the most popular blog sites among my age demographic to host my central node, reaching millions across the globe. “The blog is often seen as the successor of the homepage and as such it duplicates the classic approach to identity which is always under construction.” (Helmond, 2010).My central identity hub is a Tumblr blog, a customizable and entirely flexible platform for expression. Tumblr Blogs range from a way to advertise, to post images, personal posts and even to troll. The theme I selected is called ‘Issue’ created by the user ndrwjms, I selected the theme because it was simplistic and had 2 columbs, meaning that no attention would be divided amongst the themes of the page and the content. The layout was pre-set with a left hand sidebar, containing a title, description and potential presence for links. Although it is a set theme HTML coding can still be editing, along with easier web 2.0 methods to customize its appearance. I also applied endless scrolling, along with representing the identity of my message and myself by customizing the titles, descriptions, links and images used in the side bar. I decided on a change of font, replaced …show more content…
Twitter allows me to share posts, as well as receive them from any users wishing to interact. The “popular micro blogging tool” (Java, Finin, Song & Ting, 2007, p.1) keeps the reader connected with the like-minded community, through hashtags, retweets and trends. The profile of a twitter page is still an important platform for presenting ones online identity, regardless of how fixed the profiles aesthetics are. This means the core of the page lies within status updates, allowing the user to “type oneself into being” (Helmond, 2010).
It also gives me the opportunity to gain potential readers, by interacting with individuals with similar blogs and creative interest. My own tweets are thoughts that appear throughout the day, quotes, song lyrics or theory that has inspired
On Tumblr, a person can impersonate a different person’s identity through posting different pictures, videos and blog posts to become an ideal teenager in the society. Tumblr focuses on the idea of popularity that is why people tend to reblog things for them to be appealing to the others, and for users to obtain more followers. The number of ...
Twitter is an online social networking service that has grown to a global scale. In 2006, it was created for people to be able to share short blurbs of information with each other, and it has done its job quite well. However, like most technologies, there comes consequences, good and bad, that many didn’t intend, or expect, to happen. Twitter has greatly affected the world, and society as a whole, as it affects everything from the news to even how we think.
This is because the effects of the medium on a personal and social scale as the extension of us can result from a new scale that is introduced into our lives by the extension of ourselves and by any kind of new technology (McLuhan, 1964, p. 7). In this case, the medium could be twitter. Created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, twitter has proven to be the largest source of breaking news and social networking site. Since its beginnings, twitter is the medium
In his essay, “Do I Really Have To Join Twitter”, Manjoo discusses if joining Twitter is necessary or not. His main claim is that joining Twitter is not necessary. He says that the reason is, because Twitter is not worth your time (163). Manjoo also says that there is no real point behind tweeting. He is able to support his claim with several grounds. His first ground is that Twitter does not improve on any other form of communication. Twitter takes the aspects of several other forms of communication and combines them to from microblogging. Though, they created this new form of communication, it does not make communication any faster or easier than anything you previously were doing (164). The second ground
In the article “ I Tweet, Therefore I Am” (2010), Peggy Orenstein explains that social media such as twitter can express who you are as a person and make you come to the realization of how your life is defined. Orenstein supports this explanation by giving her own personal experience on her twitter experiment. The author’s purpose is to point out that not all people who are hooked to social media have lost the disconnection of feelings along with relationships between people. Orenstein writes in a reflective tone for students and adults.
Whether walking down the street, at a party, or even looking through the App Store, chances are the name "Twitter ' has stood out. Twitter is a social media site that allows it 's users to post news updates in real time, socialize with other users, or even just to view the most recent events going on in the world. It can be used as a modern-day newspaper, a text-messaging service, or even a blog. In David Carr 's article, "Why Twitter Will Endure", the main topic of discussion is how long this utility would last among us. In his article, Carr clearly and eloquently expressed his views on why Twitter will endure, through the use of his own ethos and logos.
“Nothing is perfect.” Though social media brings us uncountable convenience, there is a trade-off with the convenience. Due to the advanced technology we have, social media has become part of our life, which it means that social media could determine our sociability. In Peggy Orenstein’s “I Tweet, Therefore I Am,” though she praises Tweeter for its convenience, at the same time, she also worries that “(Tweeter) makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self.” Since we don’t care about who we talk to, we might act abnormally due to our feelings, and
This paper aims to explore the different reasons behind people having different personas in Twitter and real-life through a look at how the social networking site provides a unique opportunity for self...
Social media is a revolution, which we are currently experiencing. It has changed the way people communicate and interact with one another, and opens up many more avenues to share news, information, and just general chit chat. Social media is relatively quiet young, but is here to stay for the foreseeable future. We are now at a point where online, we can share, read and react to lots of individual information being posted on microblogging websites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr and more. Twitter in particular has been widely embraced, and will centre most of the discussion.
Web 2.0 is a collection of technologies that enable us to create and provide services to end users in innovative ways. It's not only about the technologies which are used but about the new ways that it enables large numbers of people to come together to collaborate, share, and build .
Twitter and Instagram are Social Media sites that allow users to communicate with others. Twitter is used to communicate small thoughts. Pe...
“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” Bill Gates. The Internet is vast and is just getting bigger. It has its own community that is open to the public. The Internet is becoming a platform all on its own. It is a stepping-stone in a direction that is unknown. The Internet has become so vast that there are now different versions of it. The different versions of the web are Web 1.0, Web 2.0, the main focus of this paper, and Web 3.0. Web 1.0 is all about sharing information. It is very bland and just gets the point across of what was needed. This how the Internet had started. Web 2.0 is sharing information with interaction. To me this means social media in some fashion. The website that was accessed has a way of interacting with the users whether it be through comments or giveaways on the web. Web 3.0 is the server interacting with the individual on a particular website. Amazon is the best example of Web 3.0 because it gives recommendations based on items that have been searched. “Among American adults 87% use the web, 68% connect...
Social media has become a major epidemic in today’s society. According to millions of people have signed up on social media websites, allowing their basic information to be shared with the world wide web. Two of the biggest social media websites today are Facebook and Twitter. The new generation tends to use Twitter over Facebook, the older generation prefer Facebook over Twitter. Though Facebook and Twitter serve the same purpose and have many similarities, they both differ in many ways.
Web 2.0 is branded by open source and freeware. It is used a lot in blogs, tags, wikis, RSS.
Twitter described as the “SMS of the internet” is another online social network created in 2006 by Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass and Biz Stone. Twitter is a social network and micro-blogging service that enables users to send and read “tweets”, limited to the use of 140 characters. It is mainly used to communicate with other members of similar interests whether they know each other and to follow updates from celebrities. Mark D. Bowles comments: