social phenomena
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14 April. Social Phenomena. Class Discussion. Discuss the recent case of cyberbullying http://www.wltx.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=60759 Specifically, discuss is people’s behavior in cyberspace different? Why do you think that it is?. Social Issues. Social networking Multiple personae - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Class Discussion Discuss the recent case of cyberbullying
http://www.wltx.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=60759
Specifically, discuss is people’s behavior in cyberspace different?
Why do you think that it is?
6 Degrees of Separation: the Legend Stanley Milgram (Harvard) 1967
asked each of several volunteers in the Midwest to get a letter to a stranger in Boston
Could send a letter only to someone they knew Median number of intermediaries was six
Hence “six degrees of separation”
6 Degrees of Separation: the Reality Milgram experiment
Initial experimant: only 3 of 60 letters (5%) made it
Later experiments only achieved 30% First proposed in a 1929 short story
Chains by Karinthy Frigyes
Multiple personae and avatars Having multiple personalities in the real
world is considered an illness Is it okay in cyberspace? What’s the difference?
Awareness Choice of focus
Second Life
Exploring Personailty Options Get control of your life Try new techniques Opportunities that you would not otherwise
have
How is this different from lying? Pretending that you are someone that you are not