Digitalization of the Body and Mind
Working Thesis: As we grow more and more connected to digitalization, we find ourselves with less interpersonal communication. With the influx of online social settings, we reinvent our personalities to account for the growing faceless factor; our masks in real life get removed and replaced with shiner, different ones online.
Umbrella Argument 1: AIM
- Screennames: What we pick as a handle online can demonstrate who we aspire to be, or ground us in reality
- Manipulating: Language is changed, rewritten everyday for the sake of shorthand communication, changing the role of language in talking with one another.
- Veiled bubbles: Without the intimidating aura of actual face-to-face talking, we drop some defenses, feeling safe in our exclusive aim bubbles.
Umbrella Argument 2: Depersonalization through Re-personalization
- Video Project: after examining so many people as they use DMDs, it can be gathered that we inject all of our normal emotions into typeface, losing our expressionable humanity.
- Wall - e argument: With so many Ads able to hit us in the same place, we begin to look, dress oh so similar as groups (Branding)
- While so easy to reinvent online, how does that transfer over to real life?
Umbrella Argument 3: Bright Side
-EBIGFY arguments: Pros and cons to digital media; where does the scale really tip?
- On-hand medical data, less paper product, simpler interfacing, does it help make us less human, and more neo-sapien?
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i think it would have been easier to actually write out the evidence that support your argument. and would you think that only 3 arguments is enough for a exhibition style paper. I would expand on the bright side of digitalization, seems a little lacking compared to the other arguments.
ReplyDelete"we reinvent our personalities to account for the growing faceless factor; our masks in real life get removed and replaced with shiner, different ones online."- pretty diesel, triad brother.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a good idea about what you're gonna write about- like exact statements and highlights.
I particularly like your argument 2 about depersonalizaton through re-personalization. I want to see how this is going to develop.
I know you have more evidence in mind, but it might be helpful to write it out and organize it in your outline, rather than freestyling as you're writing your essay. But then again, you could probably still pull that off.
I would also consider having an alternative pov and arguing against it.
Peace.