Postmodernism: digital communication theories

Question 1

COLLINS?

Answer 1

• Must understand chains of interaction
• Social networks using ‘micro’ approach, helps us learn
• How people see the world.
• Difference in on/offline lives
• E.G. show ‘catfish’, difference in on/offline identities

Question 2

BJORKLUND?

Answer 2

• People use autobiographies to describe lives online.

- However, postmodern world, digital communication allows manipulation and to update ongoing autobiography.

Question 3

CASE?

Answer 3

• Challenge to kids with 2 lives: on/offline lives
• Hard to remove digitally visible mistakes
• Too young to realise severity of online actions
• People find priv info disclosed.

Question 4

HART?

Answer 4

• Facebook posts are insignificant and superficial

- Can use Facebook events/activity to understand feelings/relationships

Question 5

FOUCAULT?

Answer 5

• Being watched makes one less likely to commit crime (Hawthorne effect) as chances of being caught greater
• Info collected can control behaviour
• E.G. supermarkets keep info on customers through loyalty cards and online shopping habits