User talk:Tellegee

Hello there, This is my user discussion page I will be using this to register my work on the wiki book project also to conduct some of my education assignments please feel free to comment on my contributions here. Tellegee (discuss • contribs) 15:49, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise number 1. Educational Assignment
On this page I will be talking about a few my thoughts on the internet and technology.

A fascinating yet haunting realization of online is, no matter what you do it is always traceable from that status update in 2009 to the latest Instagram post on what you had for dinner yesterday. I considered deleting my social media when I found this out, but would there be any real point if it is already stored somewhere? After that I watched what I posted on social media... Well for a while. There is also danger around using the internet such as children using websites to "meet friends", For example my little brother sits online on the PlayStation, and has chats with these random players and soon enough they are "friends" and have added one another on social media. Strange right? When I was his age I had a pen pal that I sent letters to through the controlled environment of my primary school and I thought that was cool!. Some of my friends are on dating website and I always wonder if they are talking to the person that is in the picture or if it is some middle aged man/woman with 10 cats sitting behind the screen, they will never know unless they meet up with the person BUT what if the person is a serial killer (I think the worst possible outcomes) but more than less likely this person is who they say they are and is really nice, I tend to watch to much MTV!

Now to talk about a few positives, social media it is a great way to keep in contact with friends and family I have a group chat with my immediate family members, it keeps me updated on what they are up too when I am busy at university and a good way to trap them into answering something because I can see who read it. It is a great way of advertisement not just for big businesses but a few of my Facebook friends promote make-up on their accounts or show off their achievements, as for me I post things for a memory, a memory that I can go back and look at no matter how cringy the photo of me in 2010 was. They are my memories stored into one account, my online footprint that I can go and look at whenever I want and if my friends and family want to re-post the picture from 2010 to try embarrass me, well that's cool too. I always find myself wondering how far technology will take us in the future. We went from having landlines to portable mobiles, big backed computers with a green and black screen to a small Mac book that would fit in your bag with a screen of every colour known to man. I wonder if life will be controlled by technology, will they become our tutors? Will we be living in a world like Wall-e? become unfit and fat, where we will literally not need to fend for ourselves at all.

Comments
I like how you express your worries about technology and comment on the fact that people nowadays are always connected. Of course that's something you don't leave yourself out from as you claim to be connected to your close ones through social media. I tend to agree with most of your thoughts on how fast technology has developed. What is most interesting though is your use of social media as a place where you store favourite moments of yours. That sounds like you view social media the same way people used to look through photo albums or holiday video tapes. Also by thinking of this as your on-line footprint I think you are on the right track for your next assignment ;)). Srepanis (discuss • contribs) 19:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

This was an interesting read, I too liked the part about how people are always connected nowadays. I think you've picked up on the positives well too, It looks well done but perhaps a few extra headings/titles could make it stand out a little more, but good work! Conrhyss (discuss • contribs) 16:47, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise 1: Formative Feedback
This post is slightly off topic as the brief for the first assignment was to talk about something that interests you rather than a more general discussion of the Internet and technology, which is closer to the rest of the wiki exercise portfolio. When discussing themes related to the module, remember that you can link them directly to theories and the reading in order to enhance your mark. There is also a lack of wiki markup and links. When there's a chance to link to a relevant resource or interesting piece of media, take the opportunity to demonstrate that you understand what's special about Wikibooks compared to other platforms. Your comments show a level of engagement with colleagues.

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. Sprowberry (discuss • contribs) 10:50, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikibook: Visibility and Online Footprint.Educational Assignment Two
Like many of my generation, I have always been an avid user of social media, ever since I first created my Bebo account when it was all the rage; second only to MSN. MSN was how we all kept in touch back then, but now we use whatsapp, messenger and host of other chatting apps, including Facebook. It wasn't until last year that I found problems with Facebook as a whole. I was sitting in my Film and Media lecture and suddenly began contemplating removing myself from all social media, as I had (like many others) discovered how easily accessible my data is and this didn't sit well with me. But then it dawned on me, what is the point? My online footprint is already there; my photos and conversations are stored away in the servers and databases of corporations like Google and Facebook, and in the modern world of the internet connectivity, changing your profile to private will only last a short while and as a whole, can sometimes defeat the purpose of "Social" media.

Personally I use Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat and I cannot go over an hour without checking at least one of them, which is concerning because most of us, thanks to mobile location services and data roaming, are always online regardless of whether checking or not - I am constantly connected to Facebook and have notifications coming through. Facebook is a way for me to stay connected to friends and family and keep them updated on my latest achievements, be that having explored Scotland or how well my sports team have done in our latest match. However, online visibility is not always a good thing, some people use social media to create and portray personas; allowing them to be who they want to be whilst hiding behind the mask of a computer screen. I consider this to be unhealthy as it often turns sour, such as in the case of keyboard warriors and "catfishing". Not always knowing who you are talking to online can be dangerous. For example, a social media called ASK.FM gained significant coverage a few years back because its users were able to remain anonymous during use and therefore were able to openly shame their peers. This ultimately and tragically lead to multiple suicides of users between 13-17 years old. I feel this is because being anonymous makes you easier to disagree with online and this can often lead to a sort of "gang mentality" between users.

To summarize, I have been able to find people through knowing very little about them on Facebook. If you have their first name and their home town/city/university you are very likely to find them pretty quick, which I think is both scary yet fascinating as it has helped people become more inclusive, for example, most individuals on this course are connected regardless of their offline relationship as we all share a Facebook group together. Tellegee (discuss • contribs) 22:57, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Comments
I like your text as a whole but in particular how you say that changing your settings to "Private" would cancel out joining any type of social media in the first place. Also the idea of catfishing fascinates me as well thinking the impact it has for those people on their social life outside the Web. Pretending to be someone else doesn't seem very healthy to me unless you are an actor and know how to handle it. I recall an event where a young girl was bullied by the mum of her classmate and led her into taking her own life because all that time she thought she was talking to someone she valued. The subject of "Friendship" on social media that you address is also a huge issue. I identify with this as I had to remove hundreds of people a year or so ago after I stopped seeing and interact with them outside. I feel like social media is a necessary evil but to make most of it we better include people we know well.Srepanis (discuss • contribs) 18:11, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

This is a really interesting read, you've touched upon all the different platforms that have been used in order and also the old ones that nobody use any more. I agree with you on the social media side that it's the sole purpose of why it's used so what is the point in deleting it or hiding it from the public view. I too find it scary how easily it is to contact and connect with people that you know so little about, and can only imagine how much more advanced it will get as technology keeps advancing. Conrhyss (discuss • contribs) 02:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise #3: Information Overload!
How do you deal with the fact that there is a lot of information out there and that it is easy to be distracted?

The fact that everything and everyone can be accessed by the touch of a button is fascinating and frighting at the same time. One minute I am trying to complete university work and the next I am on Facebook or YouTube. Of course it is good as we get most our information from the online web you no longer have to ring your Mum to ask her how to work the washing machine, just search for it on Google. However, I will admit that even I deleted my Facebook for a few days because I thought I became addicted. Looking at Mark Zuckerberg’s Law Of Online states that the amount of information that we all put online will double each year!. Could this mean you or I will just become more and more distracted? From personal experience I feel like the metaphor for a spider and its web is applicable to the online web: we our all flys caught and dragged in deeper. We all have access to information that ten or twenty years ago people did not, it is easy to get lost up in as it is right in our faces on a daily basis.

Why have you come to deal with it in this way? I have always been on social media since 2008/9 and I have just became more of a user of it than I was previously. When I say "user" I post less but use it more. I sometimes do not see it in a bad way, if I need to get information on how to do an assignment or how to work something out I always have the internet. If I need to find someone on my course instead of being awkwardly introduced in class I can add them on social media and ask them the question there. It also helps that if I want to find out anything somewhere on the internet it is free!. For instance, a lot of people do not have the time or are not awake to watch the news but they no longer need too when it is all over our news feeds. We no longer have to be home to watch a television programme at a certain time as we can stream or download it from the many websites we have access to. I guess I have come to deal with it in this way as it is all I have really known as my generation has grown up with the internet taking hold of people's lives.

What are the contributing factors for the decisions you make in dealing with this abundance of information? Like I said previous, deleting Facebook could be a strategy however how long would that last. I think the internet is both good and bad in the ways in which it is used. It is good for advertisement and the social aspect, so as we can keep in contact with friends and family members. It helps us multi-task by having many tabs open in front of us along with an open book, in both a good way and bad as most of them tabs could be social media rather than an article for the essay you are trying to write. My contributing factors are closing that social media tab like a lot of people when a break is needed social media is the first on the list. Tellegee (discuss • contribs) 11:34, 2 March 2016 (UTC)



References http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/information-overload-there-has-always-been-too-much-to-know https://hbr.org/2009/09/death-by-information-overload http://www.ocvets4pets.com/archive17/Death_by_Information_Overload_-_HBR.org.pdf

Wiki #4 Wikibook Project Reflection Account
"Today, billions of connected people around the palnet can cooperate to make just about anything that requires human creativity". (Tapscott, 2007)

This project was split amongst around 120 students within the digital media module at Stirling University where 5 groups of 25/30 people and each came up with their own topic to talk about within the five selected subjects, my group was Public and Private Spheres in the Digital Age. Other groups had the topics of:

- '''Technological and Cultural Determinism '''

-'''Surveillance and Sousveillance '''

-'''Open Source and Proprietary Technologies '''

-'''Access to Knowledge and Data in Everyday Life '''

I decided to write about a theorist Hamid Van Koten, I talked about him as like McLuhan he looks into technocratic determinism. His main research questions are: What are the forces at work in the production and consumption of digital representations. Additional topics other than theorists that were covered were: Disambiguation, Characteristics of Digital Media, Narrative of the Self, Publicity Online, Privacy on digital media, Anonymity in the Private Sphere and last but not least Security and Sphere Invasions these sections consist of 6/7 topics within these bigger topics were shared among groups to give or share with individuals. ''“Wikipedia is based on co-operative work, grassroots decision-making and content that is made available without payment. Furthermore, a non-profit organization that is non-commercial operates Wikipedia. (Fuchs and Sandoval, 2014)

Myself and my team mates “The Revenant Hateful 5” at the beginning we found it difficult but we all met up and worked together as a team and as individuals and helped one another to get the work completed. The hardest task was trying to claim a section or come up with your own section. As a team we tried to talk in the wiki discussion page but found it difficult.

Working in Wikibooks give me the patience and the time to cooperate with other people in the same field to work with people on a time scale and complete a task to a dead line as both a group and an individual. Positives of this assignment: learning how to work with new mediums and how to work with peers. Overall there was no negative impacts of this module however maybe a few areas of improvement such as there could have been better communication in this section as a whole. Very time consuming as an individual. However we did work well as a team in the end we used other forms of media to get in contact before we understood how to work Wikipedia such as Facebook to see who was contributing in this particular section. Even though a lot of people struggled and found difficulty within this we all pulled together as the deadline approached.

"Wikipedia works is voluntary, self determined and non-commodified" (Fuchs and Sandoval, 2014)As many of us found out it might be free and voluntary however there are thousands and thousands of people dedicated to making this website work and keep the information correct and in order.

Comments
Your post makes a good point to prove how significant our combined work in the Wikibooks Community is. Your contribution of Van Koten's work, for instance, to your area of study is and will continue to be extremely useful. As someone who worked on a different project I'll find your and your team mates' excerpts very important to my studies in the future. Just like any Wikipedia page our Wikibooks project put people with limited social association in real life to work on a project of a huge scale. Therefore, any troubles we encountered during our discussions lie with the nature of the module-project and should not be seen as flaws by any means. I also found Fuchs' observations on the issue of collective intelligence and shared knowledge helped me grasp the nomadic aspect of the organisation. The no-ads policy as well as the license regime of they various versions of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike adds to the voluntary character you mentioned. We all came to understand due to this assignment how different Wikipedia community would be if it was commercialised. Keeping its core qualities will determine the future of the Internet considering how influential it has been to it so far.Srepanis (discuss • contribs) 10:29, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Marker’s Feedback on Wikibook Project Work
It's good to see that you completed training for students and went to Teahouse when necessary and your engagement stays of a similar quality throughout. You show a good level of analysis in the exercises, although further integration of critical material would have helped throughout (rather than just at the end). Your chapter contributions demonstrate an understanding of elements of private and public spheres.

Content (weighted 20%)

 * Your contribution to the book page gives a good brief overview of the subject under discussion in your chosen themed chapter. There is a good range of concepts associated with your subject, and the effort to deliver critical definitions, drawing from relevant literature and scholarship, and your own critical voice in the building of a robust argument is very much in evidence. The primary and secondary sources you found about the chapter’s themes cover a good 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) 14:55, 3 May 2016 (UTC)