Academic Year 2014-2015
Event Title
Me, You, and My Avatar: Composing Real Identities in Virtual Worlds
Location
Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery
Start Date
6-11-2014 12:00 PM
End Date
6-11-2014 1:00 PM
Disciplines
Social Media
Description
From social media to online dating sites to video games, we now have the ability to "curate" our online identities, much like a curator would select only certain paintings in a museum's collection to be viewed publicly. But what kinds of identities are created in these online spaces, and to what ends? What kind of roles and relationships are we pushed towards within the constraints of today's digital media? Are we, as Sherry Turkle suggests, increasingly narcissistic recluses who are merely "alone together"? This presentation will explore the role of digital spaces in the processes of identity formation and curation.
Me, You, and My Avatar: Composing Real Identities in Virtual Worlds
Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor Gallery
From social media to online dating sites to video games, we now have the ability to "curate" our online identities, much like a curator would select only certain paintings in a museum's collection to be viewed publicly. But what kinds of identities are created in these online spaces, and to what ends? What kind of roles and relationships are we pushed towards within the constraints of today's digital media? Are we, as Sherry Turkle suggests, increasingly narcissistic recluses who are merely "alone together"? This presentation will explore the role of digital spaces in the processes of identity formation and curation.