Social media is a type of digital rhetoric platform. This Social Media Video from 2013 (this year), that I came across during work, explains the power of social media. This made me think of digital rhetorics because watching this video can persuade the importance, power, and reach social media has to people, businesses, and groups (like student organizations on campus). The techniques it uses and it's method of delivery are especially interesting to think about (I watched it on mute).
We talked in class about portraying the "authentic" you. According to this, 1 in 5 couples and 3 in 5 gay couples meet online. Then there must be at least that many people being honest in their social media. I find it interesting that more gay couples meet online than straight, but perhaps it's because they feel safer admitting their sexuality or talking about their sexuality online? I just found this video very interesting and rhetorically engaging.
you make an interesting point about how people may be more explicit about their identities or even more experimental within digital spaces. What about the medium design offers those opportunities to some people?
ReplyDeleteInteresting video and interesting facts. I always find these typography videos interesting - it's defenatly an art that I've always been impressed with.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the idea of being able to step away from the identity you currently have. In the LGBT+ community I hear a lot of stories of people who did not feel safe enough at home to come out, but online they can search for these safe places and create an identity for themselves there. Another thing about identity online is that you can change pieces of you identity online that you can't other places. I mentioned in class about the woman I know that first experimented with her gender identity in online videogames because she could play as a woman.
Okay, so a little off topic of digital rhetorics..but maybe it can be tied in?
ReplyDeleteI think this video demonstrates how vital "word of mouth" is becoming in our society whether it be concerning politics, news, entertainment, products, or even an earthquake. It's expressing just how (really really) important communication is becoming.
I agree. I went to the Technical Communication Summit back in the beginning of this summer, and all the professionals were asking for Twitter accounts and Facebooks. I think this adds to digital rhetorics in that word of mouth does travel fast, and it is traveling even faster in a digital sphere. One way to make sure you're on top of it is to have a Twitter and Facebook (and other social media accounts) and to use them (in a professional sense) to increase your own credibility and your own skills, making you more effective at communicating in a digital space.
ReplyDeletesolid insights on social media and identity. What does this mean for all of you and your multiple digital identities?
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