postmodernist perspective

• Postmodernist perspective 


  With the huge amount of information sharing that is possible as a result of the internet, people have a greater scope for developing different parts of their identity as well as building a range of different social networks.
• Postmodernist perspective 


  Postmodernists explore the ways in which digital global forms of communication are emerging as a part of postmodern society, postmodern society is very much linked to globalisation and the rapid technological progress that accompanies it.
• Postmodernist perspective 


  Postmodernists explore what is possible with new forms of technology and how it is being used. In essence these forms of communication reflect a shift towards greater individual choice.
• Identity and digital forms of communication

  Postmodernism has attempted to make sense of how identity is created, negotiated and confirmed including through technological advances. Global digital forms of communication offer a whole range of different ways in which identity can be created. It is also interesting to consider the differences in people's on and off line lives.
• Identity and digital forms of communication


  The ways in which people use Facebook, etc reveals much about how individuals create their own identity, how they see themselves and how others see them.
• Collins (Identity and digital forms of communication)

  To understand society, the chains of interaction between people must be understood, he suggests that by looking closely at how individuals construct their identity through social media sites using a micro-approach.
• Digital media and surveillance

  Postmodernists explore the role of digital media in acting as a form of surveillance. In a different yet interesting new way; people are controlled through increasing amounts of information being collected, building a profile of their behaviour.
• Foucault (Digital media and surveillance)


  Surveillance is likely to become the most effective means of regulating behaviour & reducing crime in contemporary society, a person who knows they are being watched is less likely to commit a crime as their chances of being caught are much greater
• Case (Facebook as anew form of autobiography)

  Facebook as a new form of autobiography can present a challenge especially to adolescents who in effect have two adolescences; one online & one offline. The nature of new social media makes it harder to remove mistakes as every interaction is visible, many people don't realise that much of what they say is stored by social media companies & is hard to remove/ edit which can cause conflict & tension.
• Hart (Facebook as a new form of autobiography)


  Individuals are writing and rewriting their autobiographies on a daily basis which reflect their own values and values of their particular society.Identity is therefore created online and offline.There is a tendency of traditional interpretations of the self to regard posting in Facebook as trivial/superficial.
• Hart (Facebook as a new form of autobiography)


  Events on facebook can be understood as cultural significant as they reflect people's feelings & actions in a particular contextDigital communication is an important way of exploring & understanding and he complex ways in which identify is created
• Bjorklund (Facebook as a new form of autobiography)


  Until recently, individuals have used autobiographies to describe their lives as they near the end of their lives.In a postmodern world, people take a different view of defining the selfDigital communication offer an ongoing autobiography which can be continually manipulated & updated.
• Elliot (Facebook as a new form of autobiography)

  Pessimistic about the fragmented nature of identity as a result of sites