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Our Digital World
photo: TF28 tfaltings.de (flickr)By: Doug McFarlane
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We may think we live in one world, but in reality...
we live in TWOphoto: Sweetie187 (flikr)
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There’s the world we’re used to...
Image: Bluedharma (flickr)
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and our alternate digital world
Photo: sourced from google images Creative Commons filter
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We use our digital world to connect with
friends...
family....
EVERYONEimage: sullivantoph (flickr)
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image: ideowl (flickr)
Even on the biggest of days...
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“For some couples, Facebook may serve as a tool for relationshipmaintenance”
Photo: Gregory Jordan (flickr) Quote: I Now Pronounce You FBO: Facebook Official
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But how closely does our digital self reflect our true character?
image:Pig Sty Avenue (flickr)
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In the Digital World we construct ourselves,
and tone ourselves into what we think people want.
Photo: vancouverfilmschool☆ (flickr)
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Anonymity allows us to hide behind our comments
Anonymity allows us to hide behind our com comments on online.
photo: raincoaster (flickr)
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But sometimes our online lives and our real lives cross paths...
Image from acagebee (flikr)
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“Technology has also allowed us to shape who we are
and highlight specific features in ways we couldn’t do as easily offline.”
Quote: The Social Psychology of the Selfie Photo: Robby Mueller (flickr)
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“We rely on others’ perceptions, judgments and appraisals to
develop our social self.”
image: thrill kills sunday pills (flickr)quote: The Social Psychology of the Selfie
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And to many, the connection to the digital world is an addiction.
image: Photo Extremist (flickr)
Staggering numbers of people are connected.
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7/10 people in North America are using some form of Social Media
Facebook alone has 18 18 million
Canadian users
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78% of parents sur-veyed help their chil-dren lie to Facebook about age.
“78% of parents surveyed help their children lie to Face-book about their age.”
image: Vintuitive (flickr)quote: Coming of Age in the Digital Age
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Even the workplace has switched to a heavily digitally focused world.
photo: chooyutshing (flickr)
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Photo: Sean MacEntee (flickr)Quote: Lecture 2
“80% of fortune 500 companies only accept online applications”
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image: plaits (flickr)
It has gotten to the point where a day without connection makes us feel naked.
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The digital world has given us endless opportunities, but has it debilitates our ocial skills?
“Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn how to have a conversation.” - 16 year old boy
photo: Cubmundo (flickr)quote: The Flight From Conversation
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Which path will you choose?
Can there exist a balance?
photo: tonystl (flickr)
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All images are licensed under the Creative Commons Non-Comercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement, and sourced from flickr.
Articles used are linked below:
1) The Flight of Conversation
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
2) The Coming of the Digital Age
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/coming-of-age-in-the-digital-age
3)The Social Psychology of the Selfie
http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/social-media-and-the-selfie/
4) I Now Pronounce You FBO: Facebook Official
http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/i-now-pronounce-you-fbo-facebook-offi-
cial-51307/