Week 3 - topic 3 (a&b)

TOPIC 1 wk 3
Respond to some of the points raised in the reading, Lister et al pp. 164-72 and/or in the recommended readings.
Identify and raise any issues yourself by making a post.
Cite the page number of Lister so others can see what’s written.

Some questions from me:

A) p. 164 In what ways can the Net be thought of as an ‘open architecture?’
- The internet is an "open" space, and new tecnhnologies are developments are contalntly being built in the space.

B) p. 166 Do you think that assuming an online persona (via screen name/handle/avatar etc) encourages people to play with the identity they present online and take risks in the ways the express themselves?
-By having an online persona, it is possible that it doesn't match your real one. People experiment with themselves online, change who they are and how they are percieved.

“We can experiment with other parts of ourselves, take risks or express aspects of self that we find impossible to live out in day-to-day ‘meatspace’” (Bolter and Grusin cited in Lister et al, 2003;167)

People often use the internet as an escapism, a way of getting away from there everyday life and living up to a fantasy, taking risks and doing things they wouldn't normally do.