RWDA2023

  Topic 3: Social reading  For years reading was a solitary activity, however it can be argued that reading and writing has always been a social activity (Stein, 2008).  But now, the rise of digital social reading practices has changed that completely. Social reading is about relationships, for example, between readers and writers but also readers with readers etc. Additionally, pure one-way reviews are unpopular and one of the reasons that traditional book reviews are giving way to bloggers, Goodreads and other mechanisms which provide a format for interaction. Throughout the years there has been a rise of digital book clubs like ‘Reese’s book club’ on Instagram and Oprah Winfrey’s book club but also websites like Goodreads where people can review and discuss the books. On these platforms people can also express their stance on what is being discussed. Spaces on new digital media offer opportunities for multilingual/multimodal texts and self-representation but they als...

  Identity Online  Create a blog entry that introduces two frameworks for considering identity . Then, use one of these frameworks to compare a major pop musician’s public social media presence on two of the following platforms : Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok. Include screenshots to illustrate your ideas about the identities they are constructing for their audiences. Identity online can be considered in multiple ways but is predominantly described as a set of resources which people refer to and it is important to say that it is not a singular identity, but it is multiple identities. Identity online is who you want to be but also how you want others to perceive you and how other people do perceive you.’ (Barton and Lee). This concept provides an understanding of self-representation online. In this essay, two frameworks for considering identity will be discussed. Social Identity Theory and Self Categorization Theory. Social Identity theory was developed by soci...