Blurring the self: performing identity online during COVID-19
How has your digital persona changed during 2020?
How has your digital persona changed during 2020?
In our age of interconnectedness, access to the media is woven into our daily lives. Within hours, news can diffuse throughout the community and across the world.
From exchanging tales around a campfire to writing powerful and problematic manifestos; telling stories is a fundamental part of our society.
Is a Facebook profile or Instagram post the same as a photograph, item of clothing, book or other object left behind when someone dies?
There will come a point where the dead will outnumber the living digitally. Do we have a responsibility to memorialise the dead online?
Within minutes of using a platform such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, it’s possible to interact with people living all over the world.
The decision of what to do with the digital remains of those who have passed away is likely to be faced by a growing number of us.