The text 1) exists within public space, 2) includes elements of the personal, 3) is a form of publishing, and 4) is characterized by connections between text fragments within the blog and to other online texts.
I love this quote because it explains what we did in our blog and throughout this classes. There is not really much else to say because this quote explains it all.
Quote 2
This phenomenon is one aspect of what Agger (2004) described as the breakdown of boundaries between public and private space as well as the “dematerialization” of the line between text and the world.
I fond this quote to be very interesting and confusing at the same time. This quote explains the confusion and boundaries the internet is dangerously playing with. It talks about private space and public space and the importance of each. In addition to this focus it talks about how we are making our personal and private lives very public within these spaces.
Quote 3
To answer his question, he interviewed the creators of Twitter and Tumblr about how they distinguish between what should be public and what should be kept private and were told by each of a set of self-determined guidelines they use before posting online. Croal also informally polled members of his online social network and found that all had similar types of self-checks including “the Mom test” which involves asking themselves whether their posting was suitable for their mother to see.
I find this quote very interesting because I believe that people are becoming to public with their lives. I also believe that our students do not understand the dangers of posting this information on the internet and on twitter. I work with high school students in my summer employment and they find it very difficult to go one hour with out checking their phone - each one of these students has twitter, facebook, and ect linked to their cell phones for immediate information on the content. I think that our students need to understand these self- checks and think about them.
I really like your third quote! It hadn't caught my attention in the reading but it has in your post!!! I love the idea of a self-checks before putting information out there on the internet! I have actually caught myself using "the mom test" and think that more people should also use it! I don't care how "cool" someone's mom is, I'm sure that there are things that she wouldn't want shared with the world!!! I also agree with what you have said about students constantly checking their various social networks on their cell phones...this isn't just students though! I see adults doing this all the time! My older sisters are a great example of this!!!:)Great Post!!!:)
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