User talk:JustHollie

Hello, welcome to my discussion page, drop me a message!

JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 10:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Group Talk
Hey Hollie! This is a little confusing for me SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 13:37, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

You're the only person from the group I can find on here. And I've no idea if I'm doing this right... Cir00004 (discuss • contribs) 15:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

oh hey, whats up Heyrach (discuss • contribs) 15:46, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Hollie - George from Megabytes team here - we are doing Always On too - so we're happy to contribute to your stuff - feel free to contribute to ours as well! Our usernames are: StineEliseJ (Elise); Kellymcdonach (Kelly); GemmaMiller (Gemma); Ania-polish accent (Ania); amandajayner (Aj) and George Berrie (that's me). I'll put the same message on your team mates' discussion pages too to see if we can get some cross-team contributions going. Cheers.George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 15:09, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Hey,Hollie. I think just fleshing out the entire page with things we think are missing is all that's really needed at this stage too. I'll probably look at the theorist sections the closest to try and help write a concise summary. Like I said, I already wrote a little bit about Zizek but I don't think there's enough on him to merit his own section. Cir00004 (discuss • contribs) 20:16, 1 April 2014 (

Hi there Hollie :) Just to let you know that I've put up a little lesson plan type thing on my discussion page for our group presentation. It's super vague but it's a starting point to help us think about how we want to structure things and what we want to say. Have a look and I look forward to seeing what you think and hearing any ideas you have! LittleBlondeLottie (discuss • contribs)

I've also just started our groups little movie thing I was telling you guys about after the seminar. So far it looks pretty good! I'm just making it to be an introduction to the subject and we can develop the actual topic during the seminar itself but I think it's just a interesting thing to add that people might find a little different and hopefully enjoyable :) LittleBlondeLottie (discuss • contribs)

Setting out topics
Each person in our group should take a specific topic... but we should try and make them all link together, so we should discuss what major topics there are or what we even may be interested in doing and then we can discuss those topics on each persons page and then link our own topics to them too so that we have a large range of knowledge.. am I making sense. I don't mind looking at any topic, I am quite happy with whatever topic. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 17:30, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Some topics that could be focused on are the main concepts of Always-On (introducing the topic), key theorists and theories behind the topic (danah boyd, Sherry Turkle, 'tethered'), as well as key terms such as blurred boundaries, ubiquitous, disinhibition, and context cues. Just a few ideas, hoping everyone else has more. SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 17:42, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

I think I wan't to have a look at context cues for a little because it's something I never understood 100% in class so this will be good for me to help understand it more... Are you familiar? Give me an outline of what it is? JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 12:50, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I haven't looked at context cues in too much detail, but from what I can gather it basically means that there are certain cues in reality about how we should act - eye contact, inviting someone to a conversation, facial expressions. However, in the virtual world we don't have those so there is a clear lack of them meaning that people may act in ways they don't in person - abruptly, rudely, uninvited etc. Does that make sense? I feel I'm explaining it very long-windedly. SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 12:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Comments
Hi, I'm Gemma from the Megabytes, we've not heard back from other groups yet but were just wondering what referencing style your group were intending to use. Wiki states that they have no set referencing style yet they like users to keep it consistent (See here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/RefCodeHandout.pdf). Our group thought it would be easier just to stick with APA as that is the set referencing style for Media modules. What do you guys think? Look forward to hearing from you. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 15:23, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi there Gemma, this seems to be the referencing style most others groups are using, so i'm guessing it's okay to use and lie you said it keeps things nice and consistent. I'd say go ahead! It's the style I'll be using from now on anyway... LittleBlondeLottie (discuss • contribs)

Yeah APA has been used already throughout the page and is easier to stick to, I also think it makes referencing a little easier. I will also have a look at what other groups are doing though... so we can try and see if we can be consistent throughout the wiki book. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 12:22, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle was another key theorist associated with "Always on" culture and, specifically related to 'the tethered self'. Sherry Turkle was a professor at the Massachusetts institute of Technology.

"We are tethered to our 'always on/always-on-us' communications devices and the people and things we reach through them: people, Webpages, voice mail, games, artificial intelligences... they live for us through our tethering devices, always ready-to-mind and hand." (Turkle, "The Tethered Self")

http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/www/pdfsforstwebpage/ST_Always%20On.pdf

JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 17:44, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Main Concepts
Life On the Screen

Part of her work was based around computers and the effect they have on us. She developed the ideas of 'cyberspace' - a place where we can, every day, go to interact and connect with people anywhere- and develop relationships with them online. In her piece 'Life on the Screen: Identity in the age of the internet' she said human beings were changing and adapting due to the 'fading boundary' between computers and real life. This related to the 'Always on' Culture as it is adding to her work on looking into the relationship between humans and their technology.

The concept of being able to go on at any time to speak to someone any where gives the idea of being 'Always on' and in this sense, with a computer. Always having access to these online worlds and being able to be reached from people even when we are not there, we are stil 'always on'.

The Second Self

Turkle developed more ideas about the computer and how it is more than a tool now but an actual part of our everyday lives. In 'The Second Self' Turkle conducted interviews as part of her research, this showed that computers are both part of ourselves and part of the external world.

More ideas here that link in with the concept of being 'Always on' and that computers are part of us and part of our daily lives. We are constantly on-line and connected to them. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 15:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Alone Together

Turkle published a book in 2011 called 'Alone Together' which was a study on technology and how it is effecting our generations. This is where the main ideas of 'tethering' and 'Always on' culture arose from her. She made points about how we are more connected now than what we have ever been but with that we are still alone. We are replacing our social interactions- conversations and intimacy with texting and communicating through computer use.

She gave a talk through the website TED called "Connected, but still alone?" here she discussed some of the main points from the book. She talked about the ideas of communication and how it changed who we are and what we do and so we are developing social problems when it comes to being offline. We are now expecting less from each other and more from our technologies altering our relationships and friendships in the outside world and we are also losing valuable skills in conversation and social behaviour do to our new forms of connection and technology. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 11:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

References/Websites to look at:
http://www.mediensprache.net/archiv/pubs/2842.htm

Discussion
Hey, in reply to the comment you left on my discussion, I agree, they are important to include as well. I focused on the tethered self the most but it would be useful to incorporate the ideas you mentioned. I think it would be a good idea to at least mention and explain her ideas about it. Have you researched it yet? Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 15:59, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Hey Hollie, After you mentioned it to me, I have now added a section to my discussion page about The Second Self and linked that to the idea of Always on Culture. Feel free to edit it and change bits according to the information you have found. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 21:57, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Hollie - agree with your comments re the Glossary. I've had a go at tidying up the References section - putting it into alphabetical order etc - but haven't checked the actual formatting.George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 13:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey Hollie, I am a little confused about how we are referencing the wikibooks?? Also to we quote or paraphrase things we have read?? Any help would be great Heyrach (discuss • contribs) 13:22, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey Hollie, the information you have is great too! Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 16:05, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Hollie - responded to your referencing query on the Always On discussion page you mentioned - agree with your comments - in view of time left I think we just ask Kelly to get on with doing what she suggests - it would make it consistent and that is the important thing.George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 18:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)