online presence
Guest Post: The Many Sides of Being Social
By Rachael Bradshaw on March 10, 2021 | Tagged with digital citizenship, Digital identity, facebook, Instagram, Social media, social_network, surveillance, Twitter
The Many Sides of Being Social by Alannah Berson In 2014, several drag queens found themselves locked out of their Facebook accounts because their names weren’t “authentic”. [1] The accounts had been flagged after Facebook instituted a “Real Name” policy that limits what types of usernames are allowed on the site and seeks to tie […]
Guest Post: Checking our Online Behaviour for Digital Blackface
By Rachael Bradshaw on February 23, 2021 | Tagged with digital citizenship, Digital identity, facebook, Social media, social_network, Twitter
Checking our Online Behaviour for Digital Blackface by Estelle Frank In today’s digital age, we have more tools at our disposal to express ourselves virtually than ever before. From memes to GIFS to emojis to Bitmojis, visual representations of the emotion we may want to convey online is easily done on messaging or social media […]
Guest Post: Using Your Online Democratic Voice
By Rachael Bradshaw on January 13, 2021 | Tagged with Digital literacy, fake news, netiquette, news, Politics, Social media
Using Your Online Democratic Voice By Alexander Howes Strengthening democracy requires us to engage in civil, informed online discourse. It is important to be conscientious about our democratic voice online. From choosing our news sources to engaging in online debate, it is important for us to be informed and engaged. This article provides strategies for […]
“The Social Dilemma”: An Aftermath of Change?
By Rachael Bradshaw on December 22, 2020 | Tagged with data security, facebook, Instagram, online privacy, Social media, Twitter
When “The Social Dilemma” came out on Netflix earlier this year, it created a tremendous reaction of shock and alarm from its viewers. Even some of the most avid social media users were stunned at the practices that tech companies were performing right under their noses, and especially at one of the movie’s main claims: […]
What is Software Fatigue?
By Rachael Bradshaw on November 24, 2020 | Tagged with digital detox, Institutional Software, online learning, working online
I recently wrote about how to combat the software fatigue that many students (including myself) are facing this semester. While many people have been writing about “Zoom fatigue” recently, it wasn’t quite covering what I was feeling. “Software fatigue” is a term that I came up with to describe the broader range of frustrations and […]
Why I’m Using More Social Media than Ever
By samantha summers on July 7, 2020 | Tagged with COVID-19, Social media, social presence
Now that quarantine has been going on for over three months, we at Digital Tattoo thought it would be a good idea to look back over the past few weeks and take stock of how quarantine has impacted our digital identities. For me, this has meant increasing my use of social media almost exponentially. Not […]
Digital Detox: How I’m dealing with the information overload
By Eseohe Ojo on July 7, 2020 | Tagged with covid, COVID-19, digital detox, information overload
One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and having to move to remote work and study is dealing with information overload and increased screen time. On my iPhone alone, I have gone from an average of 3 hours daily in June 2019 to cutting that in half by the end of 2019/beginning of 2020 […]
Guest Post: Deepfake Impact is Real
By Eseohe Ojo on May 25, 2020 | Tagged with deepfake, Digital Security, fake news, online privacy, Online Safety
Guest Post: Deepfake Impact is Real By Hossein Torabi Deepfaking is growing fast and has already gained popularity in social media. According to Cellan-Jones (2019), the number of online deepfake videos has almost doubled in the past nine months, rising from 7964 online videos in December 2018 to 14698 in October 2019. A lot has […]
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting
By Eseohe Ojo on May 20, 2020 | Tagged with academia, live tweeting, livetweet, web 2.0 expo
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting by Victoria Yang My introduction to live-tweeting occurred in 2013, when I was invited to my very first conference as a teenager. Although this was six years ago, I still remember that the email invitation prominently featured one question: what’s your Twitter handle? Delegates were encouraged to maintain an […]
9 Privacy and Security Tips for Working from Home
By Eseohe Ojo on May 18, 2020 | Tagged with COVID-19, Digital Security, Online Safety, privacy, remote work, working from home
We hope that you’re staying safe and healthy, complying by public health rules and regulations, and doing your best to get through these tough times in good spirits. Many of us are going to be studying and working from home for a while even as things reopen. This means that we’re not only closer to […]
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