That seems to be the new mantra for the main stream media which is left with its mouth gaping, wondering how this alternative form of media is giving it some competition.
From analyzing why people write their own stories online for everyone to read to why blog tags are so famous, to Time magazine dedicating its Person of the year to ‘you’ (meaning us) who sit staring at our computer monitors, typing away in this virtual world, to mainstream media websites having a mandatory blog section (From BBC, Washington Post to our very own CNN-IBN, Times of India), blogging is becoming quite popular.
From technologists to sociologists, all are trying to understand this booming new virtual world which started with websites, emails, chatrooms, forums, e-commerce and e-education. Each development was hailed as the ‘next big thing’. In that line, christened as Web 2.0, this new wave called blogging has become the latest craze.
As more and more people bridge the technological divide, the blogosphere is set to grow. A case in point is our very own O3, where so many bloggers have joined in the last year or so.
As the rule goes, everything which goes up, has to come down, so will the enthusiasm about blogging. But its too soon to ask the question-when? Till then we can all blog away to glory.
Originally posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:07 PM
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
When Lines Blur
Some people are lonely, some are frustrated, some unhappy and some have psychological disorders like seeking attention.
When such people get a platform where they can be anonymous, they abuse it.
They lie, they cheat others into believing something. Probably an image of themselves which they want to create in their real life and they can’t.
It can be very difficult to keep up that image because sometimes people do slip up, leave clues unknowingly. They think other can’t see, but they can.
Some pretend to be younger, some pretend to belong to the opposite sex.
And yet others, they outright pretend to be some one else, taking on an identity and trying to fool others.
Twice on this blog forum, such incidents have happened, where these self confidence lacking individuals have been caught and have tendered apology.
For some it is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The person attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns.
But the success rate is not considered to be high in such cases as identity cues give away their game.
Obviously they should seek some kind of professional help.
An MIT Media Lab research adds- compared to the physical world, it is relatively easy to pass as someone else online since there are relatively few identity cues.
It further goes on to add that its even more surprising how unsuccessful such crude imitations can be.
In a ToI article, sociologist Neha Khanna says people are not only taking up online identities, they are changing their real ones too.
She further says, "This is the age where everybody wants to be a star, be saleable. If others react favourably online to a certain trait, they change their identity at a moment's notice.
The 'real you' is lost in the race to be 'popular you'. But this doesn't happen in real life interaction. So, is it time to press the alarm bells? "
Definitely. Normality is the ability to deal with all aspects of real life. Not choosing your space and blanking out the real," adds psychologist Samir Parikh.
Is anyone paying heed?
P.S : This post is inspired by SS ki current post.
Originally posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 6:09 PM
When such people get a platform where they can be anonymous, they abuse it.
They lie, they cheat others into believing something. Probably an image of themselves which they want to create in their real life and they can’t.
It can be very difficult to keep up that image because sometimes people do slip up, leave clues unknowingly. They think other can’t see, but they can.
Some pretend to be younger, some pretend to belong to the opposite sex.
And yet others, they outright pretend to be some one else, taking on an identity and trying to fool others.
Twice on this blog forum, such incidents have happened, where these self confidence lacking individuals have been caught and have tendered apology.
For some it is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The person attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group's common interests and concerns.
But the success rate is not considered to be high in such cases as identity cues give away their game.
Obviously they should seek some kind of professional help.
An MIT Media Lab research adds- compared to the physical world, it is relatively easy to pass as someone else online since there are relatively few identity cues.
It further goes on to add that its even more surprising how unsuccessful such crude imitations can be.
In a ToI article, sociologist Neha Khanna says people are not only taking up online identities, they are changing their real ones too.
She further says, "This is the age where everybody wants to be a star, be saleable. If others react favourably online to a certain trait, they change their identity at a moment's notice.
The 'real you' is lost in the race to be 'popular you'. But this doesn't happen in real life interaction. So, is it time to press the alarm bells? "
Definitely. Normality is the ability to deal with all aspects of real life. Not choosing your space and blanking out the real," adds psychologist Samir Parikh.
Is anyone paying heed?
P.S : This post is inspired by SS ki current post.
Originally posted on Friday, November 10, 2006 6:09 PM
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