tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post2170359336585567607..comments2019-06-16T00:39:36.136-07:00Comments on Musings of a College Kid: Online Identity: Multiple Forms SingularHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01940193140033260260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-62928361672323439592010-06-09T14:52:46.848-07:002010-06-09T14:52:46.848-07:00http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/10/C...http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/10/Chinas-Orwellian-Internet<br /><br />Here's a direct link to the articleAllisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621341539844983777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-43385704113718499032010-06-09T14:50:53.348-07:002010-06-09T14:50:53.348-07:00Heather, we discussed the ability of individuals t...Heather, we discussed the ability of individuals to find opposition to their online personas. Dr. Burton talked a bit about profiling done on the internet, which ties in very well to my research on government monitering of the "online individual" in China. It made me think of situations where individuals in China face government backlash against their online presence, and not against any action done in the physical world. <br /><br />I'm attaching an article to diigo called "China's Orwellian Future" which lists many instances of individuals' online identity being persecuted by the government. See specifically Stainless Steel Mouse under the subheading Big Brother is Watching.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621341539844983777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-88976793095502845672010-06-09T00:47:58.490-07:002010-06-09T00:47:58.490-07:00Thanks for your comment on my blog.
I ended up w...Thanks for your comment on my blog. <br /><br />I ended up writing a long riff/response from some of the ideas in this post on Caucajewmexdian: <a href="http://caucajewmexdian.blogspot.com/2010/06/digital-and-ethnic-identity-my-response.html" rel="nofollow">http://caucajewmexdian.blogspot.com/2010/06/digital-and-ethnic-identity-my-response.html</a>James Goldberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422536627746885883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-51520650873511350402010-06-02T12:48:04.905-07:002010-06-02T12:48:04.905-07:00I'm thinking these "stakes" Dr. Burt...I'm thinking these "stakes" Dr. Burton is refering to is like the plot of a book. <br /><br />For example, in your case it would be "somehow, if people don't come to understand digital identity they risk something or other which will have devastating consequences on some level." Something gutsy, but not too controversial - sort of like a Born-Again Christian revival sermon. Like what happens if we don't completely understand identity? Why should we care? I think this idea of "stakes" is key to a paper that does or does not make impact and is something a lot of us could work on.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074996591394322536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-18843646236533852132010-06-02T12:45:50.375-07:002010-06-02T12:45:50.375-07:00You mention "single visible identities,"...You mention "single visible identities," and make a sound argument, theoretically, for how that works. But I wonder if getting more specific with the mechanics would make it even more concrete - how do myspace, facebook, online shopping accounts all link together? And do they form a "visible identity" only for someone who goes to the trouble of finding all the personal traces of a person on the internet? Or is each of us somehow more aware of another person even if we aren't stalking them?<br /><br />Also, I might be interested to see the limitations of the analogy between Amy Tan's characters and the digital ideas...I think your arguments are good, but I might go with you even further if I can see that you acknowledge where "going too far" might be.<br /><br />Lastly, you mention Patricia Wallace's statement that after all, “if we don't try things out, we don't know what fits best.” You then say, "this kind of experimentation and reinvention of identity, which is easily accomplished online, does not lead to the establishment of identity that is fragmented, contradictory, or detrimental. Rather, experimenting with identity online leads to “a deeper sense of self.” I might argue with this, in the sense that when you find that something does not fit, as Wallace describes, there will still be online the trail for people to piece together, perhaps erroneously. <br /><br />So, maybe you can make a distinction about a "single identity" for the individual, that may not be fully understood by outsiders.neal callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285975416175230777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124347821383125625.post-49995664866144639812010-06-02T09:25:01.077-07:002010-06-02T09:25:01.077-07:00An excellent expository post; you very clearly lay...An excellent expository post; you very clearly lay out your point of view. I wish you'd more explicitly back-posted to some of your prior entries, since at first I didn't think you'd done any conventional research on identity, then found an earlier post on Freud. <br /><br />Consider adding in images to break up a longer post and add interest. A still (or video) from Joy Luck Club? How about the cover of that book that you reference on Groupthink?<br /><br />One problem with this kind of re-cap post is that you can forget that readers haven't necessarily been with you all along your research journey. In this case, you probably should have touched on examples of the multiple identities online that you refer to rather than taking it for granted that everyone knows about these.<br /><br />I think that some will argue with you that online identity, rather than deepening or unifying a sense of self, is a dangerous game one plays with oneself by living too much within a fantasy mode. How do you answer the argument about online identity being a lot about escapism? Isn't it unhealthy at some point to inhabit another mindset? Don't people sometimes have a dichotomous mindset rather than multiple identities, and couldn't that set up a kind of Jekyll and Hyde problem?<br /><br />Your post concludes weakly (identity issues are not new and I'm sure we can work them out). Where are the stakes? If it isn't a big deal, why are you even talking about it?Gideon Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.com