About the blog
I have written blogs for a few years. And this time, using the same blog with classmates is a new experience for me. This blog is a good platform for us to share our works. There are millions of resources in the internet; it is hard for one people to read and pick out many of them. By posting our own webliography, we can read more useful articles on that related topic in an easier and faster way.
Moreover, this blog provides a chance for us to share our opinions. As this subject does not have any correct and wrong answers, answers are mostly depends on the directions that we think of and the ways that we explain. Reading others’ newstory reflection in the blog can make me know how others and I interpret same news differently and train me to think in a more multi-direction way.
In addition, since I am too shy to voice out my own opinion in the lesson, I seldom join the discussion. This blog becomes a medium for me to have a discussion with classmates by leaving comments to their presentation. I can get rid of others’ view and speak my mind without reticence.
About Self.net
At the beginning of this semester, I have completely no idea of the things that this subject talks about. Cyborg? Post-human? Identity? These are all fuzzy concepts and I would not put much concern to them. Later on, I found these concepts are important to us in living in this society. Taking Identity as an example, it seems is an abstract concept to understand. It includes gender, sexualities, race and class; and these greatly influence the way that we constructed ourselves in this society.
Throughout this course, the thing which mostly goes deep inside my mind is the example of Jennicam. I have never thought of this case can be used to redefine the identity of women nowadays; and even break the relationship of gazer and the one is gazed. The subjectivity of cyborg in this case is a very interesting concept. In our common sense, we may just think that Jenni was passive to do anything; but the fact is she is also able to control everything.
About Cyborg
After studying this course, I have no doubt that I am a cyborg! I am sure that many people like me, cannot live without technical devices, like computers and mobile phones. After having my first technological product, my passion towards it never reduces. And now, I owned quite a number of these products. Technology slowly infuses in my life. Sometimes, I introspect if I too dependent upon the technology. I always tell myself not to rely on it; however, I failed to do so.
Frankly speaking, the improvement in technology brings us side effects. It greatly affects our mode of communication. Face-to-face communication becomes meaningless in our life. We neglect the importance of non-verbal communication. The relationships of people become cold and detached.
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