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Social media: The Real Identity Thief
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Social media shapes our identity The prevalence of mobile devices and the normalisation of digital communication have led to an expansion of social media’s influence in daily life (Leaver, 2015). Social media is where the development of our identities is born. Individuals express their material lives on social media, a place where people have…
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Is privacy still being part of today’s modern software?
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“The amount of user-generated media uploaded to the web is expanding rapidly and it is beyond the capabilities of any human to sift through it all to see which media impacts our privacy.” Italy, 2012. In this essay will explore to what extent privacy is still being respected and part of modern social media adding…
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#FREE BRITNEY: Does Britney need to be freed…again?
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Keywords: websleuths, hashtag activism, #FreeBritney, social media, advocacy. In the case of the #FreeBritney movement, websleuthing fans on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram have used online advocacy and hashtag activism as weapons of control. Websleuthing and Hashtag Activism is an online activity that has impacted digital media’s representation of social identity. Throughout the years, community movements…
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Job Markets
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Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been one of the most significant technological advancements in recent years. It has led to the development of intelligent machines and systems that can perform tasks that were previously performed by humans. With the rise of AI, there has been a growing concern about its impact on job markets.…
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Online vs Offline: The Effect of Tinder on Self-Presentation
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Abstract The ability for users to present themselves online is becoming increasingly easier. This, combined with the digitisation of dating has allowed online dating application users to create an online identity that may not be authentic to who they are offline. This conference paper explores the way in which the features of online dating platform,…
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TikTok as a catalyst for communication on ADHD | Dewolfe and other online communities
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Connor DeWolfe, a content creator, uses TikTok as a platform to create an online community that connects people living with the symptoms of medical-professional diagnoses and self-diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Social media use, among the younger generations, has had enormous growth within the last decade and particularly within the last few years. Online…
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The Risks of TikTok: How Social Media’s Security Issue Can Put Your Personal Information at Risk
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Abstract Due to different historical and cultural backgrounds, each country deeply influences its citizens. Every citizen is both a participant and a constituent of society. Nowadays, due to the development of technology, social media allows people with different cultural backgrounds to communicate, interact, and engage with each other more easily. However, the conflicts, social effects,…
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Is the Online Dating World the Perfect Forum for False Identities?
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Download: AdamsJ_19765097 ABSTRACT This paper examines the level of safety that online dating forums provide for their community. More specifically, focusing the online environment that is attractive for people seeking relationships and malicious users. This paper will argue that the online dating world is the perfect environment of false identities given the level of security…
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Sudan Protests and Tigray Genocide: How Online Advocacy and Social Media Informed The World
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Abstract This paper explores how the use of social media through influencers and online advocacy assisted in making the world aware of the Sudan 2018-2019 revolution and Tigray’s ongoing Genocide in Ethiopia through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, using various hashtags. During this period in both Sudan and Ethiopia, internet and social media blackout was instated…
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The issues public figures face around self-portrayal on Instagram profiles juggling between their private and public identities.
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Abstract: This conference paper aims to focus primarily on professional athletes and journalists using Instagram as persons prone to media scrutiny. Professional athletes face the challenge of sharing nudity as part of their online identity construction for sponsorships and journalists for sharing posts of their private and professional lives between blurred boundaries on Instagram,…
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Social Media is Causing a Societal Divide
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Conference Essay Identity and Online Advocacy Social media is causing a societal divide Callum Gray 1979311 Introduction Over the past 15 years or so many social media websites have been created to help try and connect people from all over the globe. While these social sites started off relatively simple, with a rise in…
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An analysis of the impact of the #MeToo movement as part of online advocacy for social change in India
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Abstract – This conference paper discusses the impact that the #MeToo movement had on social change and advocacy in India focusing on digital platforms and social media. Although the movement has had a global impact, cultural & regional views, traditional gender roles, and indulgence towards sexual harassment have affected its acceptance and response in India. The…
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Networked Publics and Mobilisation: Leveraging Twitter for Political Advocacy and Community Building
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Abstract This paper discusses the role of Twitter in political advocacy and its potential to create political change through forming networked publics and mobilising them. This paper asserts that Twitter facilitates the creation of networked publics through the use of hashtags that confer an identity around a shared cause or understanding. Advocacy organizations can leverage…
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Analyzing the impact of online advocacy on policy change and reform
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Abstract: This paper aims to investigate how internet activism affects legislative change and reform. To do this, it will dive into the concept of Slacktivism and how it changes internet advocacy which may be used to advance social and political change due to its lazy attitude toward these campaigns. Keywords Activism, delay policy change,…
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Bedroom Pop Music has become a virtual source of inspiration for musicians and audiences to develop and express their self-identity.
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Abstract: Music is a necessary medium for understanding the complexities of life. The internet capabilities of giving individuals the ability to express themselves and connect with others has transformed the way people use music in order to develop their sense of identity. Bedroom pop is more than just a music style, rather its significance focusses…
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Online Identities struggle to be ‘genuine’ when Cancel Culture exists
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Abstract. The emergence of cancel culture as a group effort to ostracise, alienate and publicly shame any individual or group that acts in offence to said group, causes the identity of both online groups and individuals, to be placed in a state of chaos. With the ever-growing presence of cancel culture in a society that…
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Empowerment and Connection: How People with a Disability use Online Communities to Find their Folk.
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Abstract: This paper examines how people with a disability use online websites to join communities with like-minded people, empowering them to find and provide support, gain knowledge and access education. Interaction on websites such as Disabilites-R-Us can provide a wealth of information and facilitates positive connections to users, without limitations of time or geographic location.…
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An influencer’s impact on the blurring line between online and offline identity.
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Abstract This paper argues whether influencers impact the blurring line between online and offline identity. The looks at the influencer as being a job and not only a hobby as it is now remunerated. The influencers sincerity about their own identity and the community they create around themselves and whether or not it is genuine…
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Investigating the misogyny faced by the Gamer Girls of Gen Z
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Assignment 1 Title: Conference Paper Name: Elijah Appadoo Student Number: 20807647 Unit Name: Social Media, Communities and Networks Email Address: 20807647@student.curtin.edu.au Date Submitted: 09/04/23 Word Count: [1925] URL (if applicable): I declare that I have retained …
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Online advocacy is helping to reduce racism against Black people through online forums.
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Abstract This paper supports the idea that online advocacy is coping to reduce racism against Black community’s people. It explains in which context Black people’s lives are affected by the issues they face in society every day and also what impact it has on their daily lives and health. It discusses about the factors…
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Outer Space Case: A Revelation Revolution
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Abstract ConferencePaper_Upload_21066795 This paper affirms my belief that social media provides morphing platforms of potential where neurodivergent users can reach in for belonging, reach out to humanity, form identity, and perform unmasked in a self-woven network. I have written this while considering social media affordances as aids to human neurodiversity, including examples. Here I…
Hi L, The thing is the paper is mainly concentrated on the African continent particularly.If you make an analysis of…