During this week we had a project, which was to create a made up AIM account and talk to a classmate. The point of this project was to be somebody opposite of what we truly are. I pretended to be a girl named Hannah Weinstein from UCLA. I enjoyed doing the project because this was an accurate picture of what occurs on social networking sites. But at the same time, while I was doing this project I thought to myself do we really know who we are talking too on these social networking sites? It is important that people do not get too emotionally attached to the person on social networking sites if they do not know them. People need to look for red flags when they are talking to an individual. It is important that people use their imagination to express themselves, as long as they do this in a positive way. In Sherry Turkle's "Aspect of the Self" she expressed her beliefs when it comes to people making up identities by saying, "In its virtual reality, we self-fashion and self-create, what kind of personae do we make?"(Turkle) She values people using their imaginations and living in these fantasy worlds. Yet, people need to make sure they are being appropriate and mature when they pretend to be somebody else. There are many people in this world who use self- creation on social networking sites in a negative way and we need to make sure these people get stopped before they damage an individual’s life forever.
Sherry Turkle stated in "Aspects of the Self" "MUDs provide worlds for anonymous social interaction in which you can play a role as close to or as far away from your real self as you choose." (Turkle) This is important that people are able to get away from society for a little and not have to be themselves all the time. The problem is that too many people try and be somebody who is inappropriate. It bothers me when people act differently than they really are and act immature online. It is disturbing hearing what people have done to others online. Obviously, there are people who are very responsible and can handle being somebody else online, but when I hear stories like this, it makes me sick to my stomach.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/52383/cybersex-victims-to-get-counseling
Children as young as 11 years old are now damaged for the rest of their lives because of creepy adults pretending to be somebody their not. This is the problem with creating a screen persona. In Sherry Turkle’s article she said, "Creating screen personae is thus an opportunity for self-expression, leading to her feeling more like her true self when decked out in an array of virtual masks."(Turkle) Well these adults are sure expressing their true feelings and now they have ruined two innocent girls’ lives forever. People have the right to be whoever they want online as long as they are mature and responsible. This world is too scary now to be talking to somebody that you do not know because we have no evidence that the person we are talking too really is who they say they are. It is important for individuals to look for red flags when they are talking to somebody they have never met in person. Social networking is an incredible feature we have today as long as we use it in the right ways.
This AIM experience really taught me that it is so easy to pretend that you are somebody else. It makes me sick to my stomach hearing about the horrific stories that have occurred through online interaction. It is a great feature that an individual is allowed to be somebody else for some time, but please make sure that the individual does not stay too long in his new world. Meeting people through the internet is a great thing that individuals in our society were not able to do before. Just make sure that when we meet people through the internet we are careful with what we say and always check for red flags. For the most part, people are well behaved online except for the few individuals who make social networking a scary world.
Thanks for reading and I love to hear some feedback on my Blog. Hope you enjoyed and everybody is always welcomed to return to Max's World.
Sherry Turkle stated in "Aspects of the Self" "MUDs provide worlds for anonymous social interaction in which you can play a role as close to or as far away from your real self as you choose." (Turkle) This is important that people are able to get away from society for a little and not have to be themselves all the time. The problem is that too many people try and be somebody who is inappropriate. It bothers me when people act differently than they really are and act immature online. It is disturbing hearing what people have done to others online. Obviously, there are people who are very responsible and can handle being somebody else online, but when I hear stories like this, it makes me sick to my stomach.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/52383/cybersex-victims-to-get-counseling
Children as young as 11 years old are now damaged for the rest of their lives because of creepy adults pretending to be somebody their not. This is the problem with creating a screen persona. In Sherry Turkle’s article she said, "Creating screen personae is thus an opportunity for self-expression, leading to her feeling more like her true self when decked out in an array of virtual masks."(Turkle) Well these adults are sure expressing their true feelings and now they have ruined two innocent girls’ lives forever. People have the right to be whoever they want online as long as they are mature and responsible. This world is too scary now to be talking to somebody that you do not know because we have no evidence that the person we are talking too really is who they say they are. It is important for individuals to look for red flags when they are talking to somebody they have never met in person. Social networking is an incredible feature we have today as long as we use it in the right ways.
This AIM experience really taught me that it is so easy to pretend that you are somebody else. It makes me sick to my stomach hearing about the horrific stories that have occurred through online interaction. It is a great feature that an individual is allowed to be somebody else for some time, but please make sure that the individual does not stay too long in his new world. Meeting people through the internet is a great thing that individuals in our society were not able to do before. Just make sure that when we meet people through the internet we are careful with what we say and always check for red flags. For the most part, people are well behaved online except for the few individuals who make social networking a scary world.
Thanks for reading and I love to hear some feedback on my Blog. Hope you enjoyed and everybody is always welcomed to return to Max's World.
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