Friday, October 19, 2007
Online identities and the law
We all know that online identities raise numerous unresolved legal questions: Can the online identity be protected by right of publicity or trademark law? Does it have rights (independent of the person or persons who created it?)
How people construct their identities on personal website?
How people construct their identities on personal website?
-By showing their personal information,e.g pofile
-By decorating their weblogs
-By showing their interests in the weblogs
-By using their “language, e.g Professional terms ,Foul language
Here I am give an example: Archie's blog
Name: Archie
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Education: Computer Engineering (CUHK fresh graduate)
-That bitch...You are from a securities company, so what did u do ? security guard ? It's totally different from System Specitalist.Her intonation shows that she acutually thought so...
1.Identity card
-He is playing a particular identity card
-He wish others to see them as more superior (highly educated)
e.g. Archie: by stereotyping the graduates from Youth Pre-employment training program (展翅計劃)
<同我in條友係展翅既,報Admin assistant ~> office boy你放個F.5 同我一齊玩,咁我掟廿餅野去讀engine,通3年頂未好Xon居 ?
到條友吹,complete sentence都construct唔到
2.Made a powerful new territory by using foul language
->To repudiate the common impressions of the some people towards the university students/graduates (they should not use foul language)
He used a lot of foul language in his blog to create new identities and culture change .
3.Different identities can be contradictory and seemingly impossible
->Archie wishes others to recognize him as a highly educated person, at the same time, he shows a “rebel” identity.
-By showing their personal information,e.g pofile
-By decorating their weblogs
-By showing their interests in the weblogs
-By using their “language, e.g Professional terms ,Foul language
Here I am give an example: Archie's blog
Name: Archie
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Education: Computer Engineering (CUHK fresh graduate)
-That bitch...You are from a securities company, so what did u do ? security guard ? It's totally different from System Specitalist.Her intonation shows that she acutually thought so...
1.Identity card
-He is playing a particular identity card
-He wish others to see them as more superior (highly educated)
e.g. Archie: by stereotyping the graduates from Youth Pre-employment training program (展翅計劃)
<同我in條友係展翅既,報Admin assistant ~> office boy你放個F.5 同我一齊玩,咁我掟廿餅野去讀engine,通3年頂未好Xon居 ?
到條友吹,complete sentence都construct唔到
2.Made a powerful new territory by using foul language
->To repudiate the common impressions of the some people towards the university students/graduates (they should not use foul language)
He used a lot of foul language in his blog to create new identities and culture change .
3.Different identities can be contradictory and seemingly impossible
->Archie wishes others to recognize him as a highly educated person, at the same time, he shows a “rebel” identity.
What is online identities?
What is online identities?
-Reflexive biography
-Have a concept of a person
-Keep the on-going “story” about the self
Online identity is a social identities that the network users establish in the internet, some people will use the real name and someone not.In cyberspace, there is no face to face contract, so people are free to redefine themselves as they wish, some users prefer to identify themselves by means of pseudonyms, which reveal varying amounts of personally identifiable information.
-Reflexive biography
-Have a concept of a person
-Keep the on-going “story” about the self
Online identity is a social identities that the network users establish in the internet, some people will use the real name and someone not.In cyberspace, there is no face to face contract, so people are free to redefine themselves as they wish, some users prefer to identify themselves by means of pseudonyms, which reveal varying amounts of personally identifiable information.
Why this topic interest me?
Who am I? Is this real? What does it all mean?
These not just a questions that a philosophy professor might use to challege their students. They're also the problem everyone faces in the cyberspace.
Should you use your real identity in your online discussion groups, blogs, or instant messages? Or should you manufacture a false ID?
In Cyberspace ,there are no face-to-face contact , it is difficult to recognize peoples identity, so people usually pick more elements such as cultural resources to construct their identity and to pull off discourse. There are different kinds of online context, such as blog, Internet forum, massively multi player online games. This topic interest me, because i am interest about how people construct their self- identities through the internet.
I took personal blog as an example, while blogs have become more and more popular. Today these online blog allow people to create an online identity in no time. All people can sign up to create a blog on a certain website, such as Livejournal, Xanga, and Blogger. Users are free to post whatever they would like after they has created an account for themselves. Creating an online identity is simple. Through their computer one can be whomever he likes to be. Some people choose to use their real name so other people can able to recognize who they are and if they are reading their blog. But bloggers usually choose to use a fake name to protect their personal information. However, it is easy for people to post a lot of personal facts while blogging. An individual can be as open about information as they wish, but some may hide behind their blogs as strangers will not know the difference. Pseudonym allows users to hide their identities online, but still lets them build reputation with their username. Users can hide behind their computers saying whatever it is they want to say with little consequences. These days it is easy to maintain blogs and by doing so one is creating an online identity for themselves whether intentional or no.
I think the online identities and communities in cyberspace is interesting, and different people have a very different attitude to this issue. So it is worth for me to study depth on this topic.
These not just a questions that a philosophy professor might use to challege their students. They're also the problem everyone faces in the cyberspace.
Should you use your real identity in your online discussion groups, blogs, or instant messages? Or should you manufacture a false ID?
In Cyberspace ,there are no face-to-face contact , it is difficult to recognize peoples identity, so people usually pick more elements such as cultural resources to construct their identity and to pull off discourse. There are different kinds of online context, such as blog, Internet forum, massively multi player online games. This topic interest me, because i am interest about how people construct their self- identities through the internet.
I took personal blog as an example, while blogs have become more and more popular. Today these online blog allow people to create an online identity in no time. All people can sign up to create a blog on a certain website, such as Livejournal, Xanga, and Blogger. Users are free to post whatever they would like after they has created an account for themselves. Creating an online identity is simple. Through their computer one can be whomever he likes to be. Some people choose to use their real name so other people can able to recognize who they are and if they are reading their blog. But bloggers usually choose to use a fake name to protect their personal information. However, it is easy for people to post a lot of personal facts while blogging. An individual can be as open about information as they wish, but some may hide behind their blogs as strangers will not know the difference. Pseudonym allows users to hide their identities online, but still lets them build reputation with their username. Users can hide behind their computers saying whatever it is they want to say with little consequences. These days it is easy to maintain blogs and by doing so one is creating an online identity for themselves whether intentional or no.
I think the online identities and communities in cyberspace is interesting, and different people have a very different attitude to this issue. So it is worth for me to study depth on this topic.
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