Category:Week 9 (10/26-10/30)

Virtual Friendship


 * self-portraits and signals
 * historical form and message
 * convey a sense of status - dress in your finest things
 * only certain classes could do this
 * contemporary form and message
 * SNS - our portraits are digital and democratic
 * we send different messages with our profile pictures
 * Do SNS sits undermine very things that the claim to promote?
 * degrees of separation
 * reserch on connections
 * tpes of links and number of connections
 * flaws of research
 * belief and connections
 * assesment of promises
 * promise of SNS as not just entertaining but allowing for new learning experiences
 * promise of opportunities for identity play
 * you can highlight those aspects of yourself that you like - select which parts of yourself are for the internet
 * this is not authentic - promotes performance rather than your true self
 * everyone it trying to be individual
 * promise of anontmity
 * no anonymity because of overshare
 * new taxonomies of friendship
 * inversion of private spaces of friendship
 * quantity over quality
 * bureacucrazation of friendship
 * ever growing circles of friends
 * we are treating our friends/relationships on a business model
 * status and anxiety
 * constantl building your statud - not just a hung portrait that once it it done is done
 * constant connectivity