Hi, here is my outline of the coming presentation:
Reading: "Menu-Driven Identities: Making Race Happen Online" by Lisa Nakamura
1. Intro. - 2 different views on web. :
Lisa’s view Vs. Cyberutopian’s view
2. Web Portals -“Extremely limited & constricted view of the world” ???
(with the "menus")
3. The case of Excite - to prove "Cybertyping"
4. Social net-work websites (also with the "menus")
5. E-mail joke lists : "Covey racial identities online in a genuine, complicated & nuanced way" ???
6. Conclusion - (in)visibility racial identity online
See you guys on Thursday! ^^"
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Thanks for joining our presentation and it's nice to discuss the issue with all of you.
ReplyDeleteDuring my preparation, I tried to find any examples of "racial identity in cyberspace" related to our lives; but I failed to do this finally... it might because my living experience is not rich enough, then I have to observe more and think more over what we get used to be in a more critical way.
After all, when we discuss whether "race happens online", it's not the crucial that we think if the physical entity exists; but we do have to think about our dominant ideologies, that shape and affect our lives while we can change something that we think it's impossible, likes "the Black cannot be a president".
"Race happen online" is a good question. As Internet becomes the universal medium, we need to consider the racial identity in the cyberspace. As Lisa Nakaruma mentioned, the user and the producer of Internet content are neglected. Therefore, we should consider the content in the cyberspace to see whether it is imitated by non-races.
ReplyDeletei am interseted in the topic "manual driven identity". Menu-driven interfaces that force users to choose their ethnicity from a limited range of overly simplistic selections. It talks about social minority groups cannot find the right categories within the selective boxes. It raises the issues of race discrimination, power relationship and power hierarchies.
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