I know it’s a bit late, but here’s my prezi assignment. In it, I discuss Turkle’s idea of multiple selves and provide insight into the communities that I am a part of.
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Here’s the Final version of my Prezi! Woohoo! I talk about my online presence on various websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, and WordPress. I contemplate the different versions of myself including the ones I use to interact with friends and the ones I use to interact with fans and get my music out into the world. Enjoy!
Here it is, finally! My final draft of my prezi on my identity. It talks about who I am in the physical world and how that identity is carried to three different online spaces and adapts to those spaces without changing my identity. I have to say, it definitely was very challenging, confusing, frustrating, annoying, and stressful, but in some amazing way, I really enjoyed it. I can’t say that it didn’t drive me crazy, and managing prezi and jing together in sync was extremely frustrating, but I somehow still had fun with it. I have actually fallen in love with jing and have even begun to get more comfortable with prezi.
This project, though it made me want to pull my hair out, it allowed me to be creative in a new way, which makes the hard work and stress worth it. Aside from hating the way I sound (my Spanish accent comes out and make silly mistakes when I read aloud), I enjoyed the process and I hope my end product is able to show it.
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Here is my final prezi with my jing voice over. I found the voice-over in correlation with clicking through the prezi to be quite challenging as I didn’t know when exactly to say what and in regards to when I should push the button. That and I just don’t like hearing myself speak, but oh well. Besides that, this project was kind of fun to do. I liked going through all the different social media sites I use and talking about how I use and view them in my world and how others may view them as a result. All in all I think this project was something that looked tougher than it actually was. This class module taught me a lot about how social identity works in our world today. Working in with these social technologies in class makes me wonder how advanced social interaction will become by the time I’m in my thirties, I can only imagine. Well in any case, now that I’m finally finished the Prezi project, I’m happy to introduce it to you. So, without further a due, here is my online identity project link.
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Here’s a link to my prezi, it’s just about finished but I still may tweak it some more before the final copy is due. In this prezi I’m trying to introduce the viewer to all the different sites I use to show multiple aspects of my online identity. Through this prezi I am proving to the viewer that everyone who has an online identity may view themselves differently through each social network. I had a somewhat difficult time getting over the initial lag of the Prezi; but, after I learned how to avoid it by keeping away from large picture files I managed to do okay.
I have my prezi work in a way that is describing who I am as a person through my multiple online identies. Each site in my prezi describes who I am, but each site that I use has a different version or idenity of myself. From each of these sites I can establish how I am seen in this identity and better describe who am I am as apart of it. What it really comes down to and what I’m focusing on in this project is that all of us are multi personal when it comes to online identity. What my prezi and narrative will show you is how this is true, through examples of my own online social identites and how I use them.
http://prezi.com/vxx8zjrr7ett/sarah-20/
Rough draft:
Sherry Turkle writes about the multiple versions of herself in her article, “Who am We?” I, like Turkle, have multiple versions of myself. There’s Sarah the musician, Sarah the daughter, Sarah the student, and Sarah the writer. There’s Sarah the choir director, Sarah the friend, and the list goes on and on. Does my online identity accurately encompass all of these facets of my person? Or does it all feel like a jumbled mess?
If we look at my online identity as a television, then my various sites would be the different channels on which to view me. There’s my Tumblr, my personal and professional Facebooks, my Twitter, my Pinterest, and my WordPress. My Tumblr, music Facebook, and WordPress all serve to highlight my music. My Twitter, Pinterest, and personal Facebook are more for personal pleasure and to interact with friends.
So what do each of these sites say about me? My tumblr, which has been sadly neglected as of late, would tell you that I have played various venues and will give you a glimpse at my music. My personal Facebook will tell you mundane things like “I went to class today” and “I like this song by this band.” My Pinterest would tell you that I really really really like clothes. Emphasis on the really. My Twitter would tell you that I often have funny observations that I feel the need to tweet about during class. But do these snippets really show you who I truly am? No.
Who I am on Facebook isn’t necessarily who I am on Tumblr. And who I am on Tumblr isn’t necessarily who I am on WordPress. And who I am on WordPress isn’t necessarily who I am on Twitter. And the list goes on and on. Are you the same version of yourself when talking to your grandmother as you are when talking to your friends? Are you the same version of yourself when you’re at work as opposed to when you’re lounging around on your couch? Are you the same version of yourself when you’re giving a presentation as you are when you are telling a joke or recounting a story? I don’t think any person would answer yes to those questions.
So what do these various sites give me? Why can’t I use just one? Why do I need to have an online presence on each one of these sites? All of these sites basically do they same thing. They help me interact with others and share my ideas. Whether it be my ideas through other peoples’ music, my own music, my own poetry, or just my own observations throughout the day. I can’t update my Facebook every minute like I do on Twitter. My Facebook friends wouldn’t understand. I can’t update my Twitter every few days, my followers would wonder where I’ve gone. I can’t post my professional music alongside my personal observations, the two don’t really go together. I need different sites in order to encompass different facets of myself.
Maybe the people who view my WordPress will become curious and find me on Twitter. They’ll find my musings funny, so maybe they’ll look at my facebook to see if I write anything different on there. They’ll check my Facebook and find that I have more poetry in my Notes section and the snow ball gathers snow as it races down the mountain.
Each of these sites helps me express myself in different ways and helps people understand different pieces of me. I get to interact with others, share my music and ideas, and also bond with friends. I get my name out there and get to accumulate fans from all over the country and sometimes the globe. None of that would be possible if I stuck to one measly website. I like that my online identity is just like my real life one, complicated.
The prezi I created talks about my own identity and how that identity remains the same whether I am online or off line. It talks about how the online spaces I am a part of are ways to be connected to certain groups of people who would otherwise be difficult to connect with because of the large distance between us.
Online spaces provide many outlets for many people, many possibilities to be anyone you want to be, an escape from the harsh reality and an introduction into a new life that can become very addictive. Though many of us may feel free to express ourselves in a certain way online but not in person, it is important to not let that great feeling of expression drive us to develop two or more identities.
My prezi emphasizes the fact that though I am part of three different online communities, each one offering a different level of self expression, I am the same person on all of them, which is a very important thing to me, because I am proud of who I am, where I come from, and who my family members are. I am also proud of being a mother even though I haven’t graduated from college and haven’t accomplished everything I wanted before having a family. There isn’t anything I would change, because those things are who make me who I am.
My Physical and Online Identity
Lately, it seems like every movie is based off of a book. Twilight, The Hunger Games, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Descendants, and Hugo are just a few of the movies based on books that came out in theaters this year. Are the books that strong or are there a lack of good screenwriters in Hollywood?
Many Hollywood Studios don’t like to take the risk on a new script with a new concept that audiences are unfamiliar with. If they base a movie off of a book, they already have a built in audience, the reader. The reader liked the book so they will most likely come and see the movie. This is much less of a risk and much easier to convince people and business to fund.
But what does that mean for us writers? Are we stuck adapting books into screenplays if we want to make it in this business? Maybe we shouldn’t think so pessimistically. Maybe we should break down what made these books so loved. Great elements in a book and a screenplay are simply great elements in a story. What’s the conflict? What does the character want? How will the character get what they want? These are the questions that lie in every single story ever told.
So maybe we should start but breaking apart the stories in successful novels and current movies. Starting there will give us a good basis for which to build our own stories and screenplays. Does our story answer those same questions? Do we have a character with a clear conflict and a clear goal? Do we have a character that audiences want to watch and root for? I like to think that if we’re good enough of a writer, we won’t need to just adapt someone else’s piece. 
Imagine going on your first real interview after graduating college. You’re so excited to have on the brand new suit your mom bought you. You’re adjusting your tie nervously as you shake hands with the manager of the company you hope to work at. They go over your files and everything seems good until they ask, “Hey, what’s your Facebook password?” You stop breathing. What? Why would they need that? Well it seems some companies do.
We all know that companies make a habit of perusing potential employees’ social networking accounts. It’s nice to know who you’re hiring. Are they posting pictures of themselves drinking and then posting the next morning, “Aw man, I had to call out of work cause I’m so hungover.” Sure, that makes sense. But just as much as they have the right to look, you have the right to privacy.
When our parents were being hired for jobs, all they had to worry about was their credentials and what people said about them in their letter of recommendations. Anything they chose to do in their private time remained just that, private. They did not have to deal with a job market where everything they did outside of their jobs was monitored.
Now, surely it could be as simple as just not posting stupid, incriminating statuses or at least deleting them when an interview is coming up, right? And sure, you can make your profile private. All issues are gone, right? Wrong. If companies have the power to log into your Facebook account, surely they can someday have the power to log into your private email, online journal, or even your bank and credit accounts.
If they start with the excuse that they want to see what your social life is like, then they can swiftly move onto the excuse that they need to know your true, personal thoughts. Next, they can say that they need to monitor what you spend your paycheck on. Then, they will begin to monitor your credit card reports. Sure, I sound paranoid. But one admittance into your private life is just the beginning of a slippery slope. As writers, we are all responsible for providing social commentary. All I know is that if someone tries to tell me they need my Facebook password to work for their company, I will politely withdraw my application. I’d rather be unemployed than controlled.
To read more, check out this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/the-circuit-ftc-privacy-report-facebook-passwords-google-autocorrect/2012/03/26/gIQAu0KCcS_blog.html
Remixing isn’t just for music anymore. It’s also for videos online. A common trend on YouTube is uploading video content set to music. The music choices are what makes or breaks the video. Users select scenes from different anime shows and movies and create music videos, syncing the character’s mouths to the lyrics of the song. Another popular way to remix is to make new movie trailers for movies that have already been made. By changing the music and adding different subtitles, the context of the movie can be manipulated into something different.
Remixing creates the ability for users to be able to create new content by using old content. Users don’t have to recreate every scene from previous movies and shows. They also don’t have to create an entirely new concept. They can reuse what is already floating around the pop culture stratosphere.
But should they? It might be fun entertainment for a short while but how dull can rehashing and reusing ultimately become? What if all anyone ever does now is regurgitate the same old ideas? Granted, most ideas are just branching off of old ideas. However, I’d like to see more original content on YouTube. The channels that catch my eye are the ones where people are writing, shooting, and producing original sketches and movies. I prefer not to spend my time watching videos of people remixing previous content.
Circle of Critics 