Figure
1. Military Wife (Armstead, 2014).
The
meme above is visual narrative of what happens to a Military wife when her
husband deploys. It could be argued that we all of create different narratives
about ourselves. These created self-narratives are for a particular purpose,
these stories about ourselves, about who we , are dependent on the person place
and contexts (Kuttainen, 2016, p 1).
The
Diggernet being both virtual and physical means that there are two more layer
of the self-narrative. Taking on multiple identities each like a copy of the
previous one before it, yet slightly different, a copy but not exactly the
same, each copy has a different social purpose (Kuttainen, 2016 p2). McNeill
(2012, p2) discussed that, even though people may have a strong grasp of their
social self-narrative, they are unaware of how the social networks are
challenging the users’ notion of self. The self-narratives are co-produced by
outside influences, not just our connections in the social network, but within
the internet itself (McNeill, 2012, p12).
Parriser (2011) in his Tedtalk, beware online "filter bubbles", explains how “We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview.” The Diggernet creates a filter bubble in that its members surround ourselves only with the people who share the same views, likes, needs, and ideas. These like-minded people then add to the self-narrative, creating one more layer of self. Katherine Hayles (1999 as cited by Kuttainen, 2016, p 15): explains that this changes us from humanists’ self to post-humanist self, where the self is singular. This post-humanist identity is both; private and public, real and imaginary, human and machine, and that self-narrative is subject the interface between our bodies, our minds and technologies (Kuttainen , 2016, p15).
Parriser (2011) in his Tedtalk, beware online "filter bubbles", explains how “We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview.” The Diggernet creates a filter bubble in that its members surround ourselves only with the people who share the same views, likes, needs, and ideas. These like-minded people then add to the self-narrative, creating one more layer of self. Katherine Hayles (1999 as cited by Kuttainen, 2016, p 15): explains that this changes us from humanists’ self to post-humanist self, where the self is singular. This post-humanist identity is both; private and public, real and imaginary, human and machine, and that self-narrative is subject the interface between our bodies, our minds and technologies (Kuttainen , 2016, p15).
Reference
Armstead,
S. (Artist). (2014). Military Wife Meme. [Image]. United States of America.
Retrieved from https://au.pinterest.com/pin/251357222923580217/
Kuttainen,
V. (2016). BA1002: Our space: Networks, narrative and the making of place, week
6 notes [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au
McNeill,
L. (2012). There is no “I” in network: Social networking sites and posthuman
auto-biography. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.edu.au
Parriser,
E. [tedtalks]. (2011, March 17). Beware online "filter bubbles" [
Video File]. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles?language=en#t-517761
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