Week 2 - Thursday - Public vs. Private Personae

 

Task

I want you to watch this video explaining the concept of private vs. public personae and relate this concept to the idea that the MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE.

How have platforms like social media and YouTube influenced societal behaviours? There are some good examples in this short clip. Write them down and compare this to previous technological eras where we didn't have Web 2.0 and internet sites like social media / Youtube. 

Write a paragraph analysing the sentence below;

"representing ourselves in a way that we choose can be good (argued in a power in the media essay) but it can also have negative effects. Discuss this"