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Socializing The City: Location Sharing and Online Social Networking
Socializing The City: Location Sharing and Online Social Networking
Socializing The City: Location Sharing and Online Social Networking
2/12/2015
Senior Seminar
Reading Response #3
Socializing the City: Location Sharing and Online Social Networking
1. The author concentrates his article on the locative turn in new media practices by addressing
questions like what is online sharing and what does location mean to online sharing? and
focuses on location sharing.
2.
Online sharing- the practice of exchanging personal information digitally, by means of
social networking sites, blogging, web applications, etc.
Social Network Siteo We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals
to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded
system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection,
and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those
made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of
these connections may vary from site to site. (boyd and Ellison 2007)
(Albrechtslund, 2012, p. 188).
The Online Persona- Online profiles should reflect the real person, group, project or
organization, i.e., the offline identity of the profile holder (Albrechtslund, 2012, p. 189).
3. The idea of the online persona connects directly with the point I made in class the other day
regarding Tinder. It should reflect my real identity, but in turn it is adjusted to fit the gaze of
the application and those viewing my profile.
4.
I found the section on page 190 regarding how easy it is to gain information from SNS
quite interesting. The article mentions your circle of friends, activities, preferences,
beliefs, opinions and views as things that are readily available via your SNS, and how
easy it is for the government to obtain information about you that may have been more
difficult to find a few years prior.
The idea of empowerment by the gaze on page 191-192 was also intriguing. The idea
that the gaze becomes something desirable in practices of participatory surveillance is
incredibly accurate.
References
Albrechtslund, A. (2012). Socializing the city: Location sharing and online social
networking. Internet and Surveillance: The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media, 187-197.