User talk:Clarenotdanni

This is my wikibooks user discussion page, I will be exploring wikibooks with my class and will be adding to it through my project work Clarenotdanni (discuss • contribs) 14:15, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise 1- Educational Assignment
A video published on i-D Magazine's website on the 25th of November starring "plus-sized model" Barbara “Barbie” Ferreira, 18 brought to light an aspect of modern day society which is usually ignored; the constant pressure put on people to look "perfect". The video, which only lasts 2 minutes and 20 seconds, takes clips from an i-D interview with Barbie where she talks about her own experience with body-shaming and the fact that although she is not overweight she is referred to as plus sized. This video draws attention to an issue that is of great importance in modern day society, especially for young women and girls. In the video Barbie brings attention to the subject through discussing her own experiences with the industry. Whilst this video mainly highlights the problems with the modelling agency, on a larger scale the video brings to light the increasingly common pressure that young girls face to look a certain way. This problem has increased dramatically over recent years due to the spread of social networking. Although Barbie discusses the concept of Photoshop in a professional manner, with the constant updates to technology it is becoming ever easier for anyone to be able to edit a photo and as a result more and more people take part in editing their photos before even considering posting them on social media. Therefore films like this one are important in raising the issue of body-dysmorphia and body ideals. Clarenotdanni (discuss • contribs) 11:23, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Marker’s Comment

 * Well I would argue that your first claim is quite contentious - notions of normative beauty and the pressure to look "perfect" seem to be very prevalent in Western society and contemporary cultural practices such as social media use. Nontheless, the theme here is very topical, and relates to a number of key concerns for this module. You need to more explicitly tie in your argument with scholarship relating to your work, and drawing down from relevant material, you could have made better use of the wiki markup by embedding links to reading and also to the sites under discussion.


 * A post of this standard roughly corresponds to the following grade descriptor:
 * Satisfactory. Among other things, satisfactory entries may try to relate an idea from the module to an original example, but might not be very convincing. They may waste space on synopsis or description, rather than making a point. They may have spelling or grammatical errors and typos. They might not demonstrate more than a single quick pass at the assignment, informed only by lecture and/or cursory reading. They may suggest reading but not thinking (or indeed the reverse). The wiki markup formatting will need some work.

RE: Comments on others’ work

 * These are on time but are very much on the short side and could do with development in terms of content, scope and reference to module themes. Remember that your comments on other people's work is weighted as heavily as your own post when it comes to grades. GregXenon01 (discuss • contribs) 14:38, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

The video is a very interesting and needed realization that real human body shapes are not accepted as beautiful. The pressure on young girls and boys to look good are growing. Young girls are putting on makeup earlier and are more conscious about their body shape than they used to be. This video is a great start to help society learn to love their own body. Danninotclare (discuss • contribs) 11:56, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise 2 Educational Assignment- Online Footprint
It is nearly impossible in this day and age to go without having at least one account on a form of social media. However, many people love to use social media, feeling that it allows them to communicate more easily with those who they cannot see as often as they would like, or else use it for business purposes or simply because they have fun on it. My own social media footprint is much smaller than many people my age and has shrunk still smaller recently, thanks to the self-deletion of my Twitter account and despite my friends continuous tries my continued absence from Instagram. Despite this, the second photo to appear on a google image search of my name is a photo of myself and a friend, with more and more images of myself and various friends appearing as you scroll down. This therefore shows that even I only have a Facebook and a Snapchat profile it is still extremely easy to access me online. My Facebook profile is not private meaning that anyone can access my page, see who I am friends with and access all my photographs. Due to my lack of active privacy settings on my Facebook page anyone is able to access it and therefore all of my information is online for all to see. For this reason I try to be careful about what I post, meaning I do not post anything that people may find offensive or inappropriate. I also make sure that if anyone else was to ‘tag’ me in something inappropriate I would be sure to delete or 'untag' myself to avoid any future problems that may arise as a result. I believe the biggest advantage to having social media, especially Facebook is the freedom it allows for self-expression. I like the fact that through social media you are able to discover things that interest you, projects or events that you would like to be a part of and keep in touch with people who you want to stay in touch with but are unable to see as often as you would like to. Clarenotdanni (discuss • contribs) 20:19, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Comments.

Like you, I too have a public Facebook as well as other accounts that can be readily viewed by anyone, leading me to be somewhat judicious when it comes to public posting as well. The issue surrounding what is and isn't acceptable to post is complicated ever further by the increasing practice of Facebook 'checks' performed by hiring businesses on job applicants, making discretion all the more attractive to users young and old alike. When older generations began to use Facebook and various other platforms, the idea of self-censorship became even more reinforced with many younger users' parents discovering the usefulness of such communication tools. Unfortunately this sort of censorship caused by outside social pressure is enough to limit the freedom of self-expression online as it impedes on many users' ability to post things that contain deep beliefs not shared by the wider community. It certainly allows millions of people to follow their interests and learn more about the things they want to, but the idea that some of these things are potentially looked down upon by the public seems like enough pressure to keep many from sharing things that they care about. JacobTheOhioan (discuss • contribs) 04:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

It is very interesting that even though you try to have a relatively small social media footprint by being careful what you post and by only mainly using two social media platforms, your name still comes up in a google image search (and kind of scary!). I guess this is why I changed my security settings on Facebook and often wonder why people do not, maybe there is a specific reason, like wanting to stay public so people you know can easily find you and add you as a friend? --Raquelita96 (discuss • contribs) 11:22, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

The point you highlighted that with only a few social media accounts Google can find a picture of you in a matter of seconds is very worrying. It all but blows privacy settings of Facebook and other social media platforms out of the water. It also makes us aware to what degree our online footprint actually matters, as a situation like this confirms our online visibility and exactly how much recorded data websites have of our activities. After a brief search of my own name I found pictures, news articles, my facebook account and even my home address which was somehow procured from information from the electoral office, I think it should be a good practice for people to use search engines to look up their name and see what information is publicly accessible because it does indeed shock you, I was always aware while using the internet that information was being stored somewhere and that an online footprint was being created but seeing it in reality and how accessible I have become to anybody is a concerning matter I'm sure a lot of people share. --DunkyNG (discuss • contribs) 11:35, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

To have such a big online footprint while only having a small social media presence also shows how big an impact social media can have on our life. A mistake posted on facebook is never truly deleted and something posted from years ago are never really forgotten and can hinder our lives (especially work- wise). But like you say there is also a positive side to social media. It can help people connect. --Danninotclare (discuss • contribs) 23:22, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise 3 Educational Assignment- Information Overload
In the present climate of “Always-On” technology it is extremely hard to stay on track with a task especially as almost everyone has a smart phone these days so can be getting constant notifications and messages. The BBC recently reported on this very issue. The distractions of Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and even texting can be huge distractions for people. The never ending stream of information that we are sent on a daily basis can be rather off putting and distract us from the task in hand.

Even if what you are doing is something as simple as checking Facebook it is still easy to become distracted and end up spending much longer looking at suggested pages or else scrolling through your timeline watching videos of dogs stealing food that a friend has liked. It is extremely hard to stay on track now when there’s so much to occupy your time. This is even a problem when carrying out online assessments and coursework as it is hard to not become distracted by everything else that first appears on your internet homepage. It takes a lot of determination to avoid anything that may seem more enjoyable and easier such as, messaging a friend, seeing who has Favorited a tweet or online shopping the newest collections when you are supposed to be doing work.

I find it extremely hard to stay focused on work unless my phone is off and hidden from me, otherwise I cannot help but check what everyone is doing on Twitter or Facebook. The tailored adverts that appear on my Facebook timeline can be disastrous as they usually mean that what should have been a brief scroll through turns into me clicking on a link to Urban Outfitters and spend ages online shopping. Not only is it nearly impossible to not be distracted but the distractions themselves can be costly if like me another starts going through clothing websites. It is therefore easy to see that in this day and age we are constantly overloaded by information, most of it completely irrelevant or unimportant. However this does make it near impossible to not become distracted. Clarenotdanni (discuss • contribs) 10:46, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Comments
Very different view from another entry I commented on, which makes me really pleased because once again, as always, it is possible to see how different people present different arguments based from their own point of view and experience. Personal experience that in your case caught my attention with the fact that you need the phone turned off and tucked away to be able to concentrate. We are very different in this as I don't allow my phone to be a distraction but at the same time, a little part of me needs to have it in reach, even if unused, just to know it's there. I am aware it might sound ridiculous and it is a statement that goes against my general line of thought where I say that I'm not yet completely a phone-dependent (although I am aware of how much things have changed in the past two years, as I've been a smartphone owner during this period of time while I was happy forgetting my phone for days before that). You seem to concentrate a lot on the social platform aspect and in fact, it probably is the easiest gateway to information overload as information of all kinds from all over the internet gets condensed, shared, talked about and shown in apps like Facebook and Tumblr (to name two). Aside from this, as the article you linked presented, there is a general stress factor coming with a device like the smartphone. We are all users, controllers and victims at the same time of a 'world' made easy for our use and leisure but also where we can get easily lost, mixing work and distraction. It cannot be denied that the average time spent in front of a screen is much higher than it would be if we were to focus exclusively on work without branching out to other areas. But in such an era like this one, can we really completely draw a clear bold line between important and superficial? I think this will become more and more difficult as the physical world and the cyber one develop, interconnecting. --Juliabutgiulia (discuss • contribs) 01:43, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Very similar to you the internet has become a constant distraction through my phone, tablet and laptop. Your comment about Facebook and other social media's using advertisements is very relevant. The advertisements can have costly effects and that Facebook itself (like you said) sucks you into the realm of procrastination by seeing unnecessary information that at the time becomes very important. This constant bombardment makes me wonder what it would be like without the internet and who we would be? Like Sherry Turkle said in the book Alone Together 2011 that "these little devices in our pockets are so psychologically powerful, that they don't only change what we do - they change who we are". Then would we be different people without our helpful devices. If having to turn your phone off has become necessary to concentrate then what if you were able to do that 24/7. If we had no internet how much would we be able to achieve. If we were not available or connected would we, as a society, be less vain and superficial? --Danninotclare (discuss • contribs)

Wiki Exercise 4 Educational Assignment- Wikibooks Project
The Wiki project An Internet of Everything? was an interesting and educating discovery of how Wikipedia pages are created and controlled. Although each person had their own small section to work on, the project as a whole required huge amounts of communication. This lead to the creation of a discussion page for each of the topics. The Wikibooks discussion page was interesting as almost all of the group discussions took place on that page rather than face to face, which is usually viewed as preferential. During our time completing the project we only had one face to face meeting where we worked out the basic structure that us as a group would follow. Apart from that everything was discussed online which of course could become confusing and complicated at times as there were so many of us working on it, each with our own and often very different views on how we should tackle the project. Although it was harder to have this many people working on the project it definitely made the process more interesting. This was thanks to the fact that for the first time we were communicating on an online public platform meaning that anyone could observe what we were doing, change things or even could remove parts of our work. As a result we all were more careful about putting ideas forward so that there was a smaller chance that someone would find the work unsatisfactory. Thanks to the constant need to communicate with each other during this project it soon began to feel as though our group had become part of the online Wikipedia community. Through the use of the Teahouse and the Reading Room we were able to gain any help or assistance that we needed from other more experienced Wiki Users and then share it amongst the group so that we could all benefit. The notion of online communities working collaboratively to help each other out has been discussed by David Gauntlett who believed that the inclusion of many different people's views helped to improve the end result of any online project. This notion of the "civic web" and an online community can both clearly be seen in the Wikibooks project where without communication and working together the project would not have succeeded. By completing the work collectively we were all able to share our ideas, think of any improvements that could be made as we progressed with it and generally make sure the whole thing flowed despite the fact that there were so many different contributors. The importance of the online community could not be overlooked as everyone was in near constant communication with each other. The view of Gauntlett that online communication is essential in creating improved work could not be more accurate. Although it was often stressful and could get tiresome when having to always check with the rest of the group before doing anything on the main page, it was very useful to keep up communications so that all of our work could be seen to be of a high standard. An interesting aspect of Wikipedia is the ability to edit other people's work and contributions. This was useful for us as an online community as it allowed for anyone to edit and improve each piece of the work to make sure that nothing was repeated or was incorrect. It was especially useful in the introductory or concluding sections of the work where everyone had to contribute key points from their part of the project. Through the Wikibooks Project it became obvious that Gauntlett was correct in his belief that communication online and having a common goal improved the standard of work achieved in An Internet of Everything. Clarenotdanni (discuss • contribs) 09:32, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Comments

Hello, I found it really interesting to read your take on the Wikibooks experience as it sounds like our groups took quite different approaches to the task and still managed to get similar results. It sounds like your group didn't experience the same kinds of organisational issues that ours did which I really admire, I feel like we kind of disregarded Gauntlett's beliefs at the start of the project in an 'every man for himself' mentality but did manage to work together in the end, if it was pretty confusing and overwhelming! I didn't make use of The Teahouse and I wish I had, even though everyone was posting useful information, the fact that all 30+ of us were writing on the one page made it really hard to keep up. Since the work was under pressure and assessed, I was wondering if you felt like this was an example of cognitive surplus in action or something else? Though we did have a common goal to work towards, for most people that goal was getting the best grade possible rather than producing the most informative or professional Wikibook like it usually is on talk pages. I'm glad you thought of the experience of open editing of everyone's work as a positive thing as I think on our talk page it was too chaotic to do much valuable contribution outside of our own sub-sections, which is a shame. If I were to do it again I would follow the example of your group! Lilygeorgia96 (discuss • contribs) 19:12, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Marker’s Feedback on Wikibook Project Work
There are a few edits to the chapter content in the final day of the project. These are generally well presented and well written, and although mainly centre on biographical detail about the theorist (rather than discussing the ideas) you do manage to get to some useful ideas, and cite from academic sources, providing citation and quotation in your contribs. The volume was a little low, and this can only be put down to the fact that you left things until the last minute. Your work has lots of potential, but you must use your time more wisely to give yourself the chance to reach that potential.

Wiki Exercises


 * Satisfactory. Among other things, satisfactory entries may try to relate an idea from the module to an original example, but might not be very convincing. They may waste space on synopsis or description, rather than making a point. They may have spelling or grammatical errors and typos. They might not demonstrate more than a single quick pass at the assignment, informed only by lecture and/or cursory reading. They may suggest reading but not thinking (or indeed the reverse). The wiki markup formatting will need some work.

Content (weighted 20%)

 * Your contribution to the book page gives a satisfactory brief overview of the subject under discussion in your chosen themed chapter. There is a fair range of concepts associated with your subject, and an effort to deliver critical definitions. There is evidence that you draw from relevant literature and scholarship, however your own critical voice in the building of a robust argument is slightly lost, perhaps due to a variable depth of understanding the subject matter or over reliance on rote learning. The primary and secondary sources you found about the chapter’s themes cover a somewhat circumscribed range and depth of subject matter.

Understanding (weighted 30%)

 * Reading and research:
 * evidence of critical engagement with set materials, although some ideas and procedures more securely grasped than others
 * evidence of independent reading of somewhat circumscribed range of appropriate academic and peer-reviewed material
 * Argument and analysis:
 * well-articulated and well-supported argument featuring variable depth of understanding
 * satisfactory level of evidence of critical thinking (through taking a position in relation to key ideas from the module, and supporting this position in discussion);
 * satisfactory level of evidence of relational thinking (through making connections between key ideas from the module and wider literature, and supporting these connections in discussion);
 * evidence of variable independent critical ability

Engagement (weighted 50%)

 * Evidence from contributions to both editing and discussion of content to a variable standard (i.e. volume and breadth of activity as evidenced through contribs)
 * Satisfactory engagement with and learning from other Wikipedians about the task of writing/editing content for a Wikibook
 * Reflexive, creative and fairly well-managed use of discussion pages using deployment of somewhat limited judgement relating to key issues, concepts or procedures

Overall Mark % available on Succeed

FMSU9A4marker (discuss • contribs) 15:01, 3 May 2016 (UTC)