Postmodern Explanations

Question 1

Collins-positive

Answer 1

to understand society, the chains between people must be understood so takes a micro approach (study impact on an individual basis) to compare people’s on and offline lives. E.g. catfish used to catch people who have faked identities over the internet and changed where they live, appearance,age… other social media like Facebook can be used to create an identity that is diff also insta (influencers), LinkedIn and Pinterest

Question 2

Bjorklund-positive

Answer 2

until recently, individuals used autobiographies to talk about life but now use Facebook as an ongoing autobiography where people present how they see themselves e.g. Facebook memories and can delete of don’t like

Question 3

Hart-positive

Answer 3

in social media websites, people write and rewrite their lives(choose what to present), present values important to them. As a result, people have online and offline identities. Facebook is not superficial but relevant to the social context of an individual
, choose what to present

Question 4

Foucault-positive

Answer 4

argues that surveillance is likely to become an effective means of regulating behaviour and reducing crime which enhances lives. E.g surveillance used by google ads which tracks interests and previous search data to guess profile and target ads

Question 5

Case-negative

Answer 5

by people posting their lives online, it can create a challenge to adolescents who have two lives , one online and one offline. It can be hard to remove mistakes that remain documente (lead to cancel culture in media) it is difficult to know what private data is stored even when deleted which can cause disputes

Question 6

Elliot-negative

Answer 6

pessimistic about fragmented nature of identity as a result of sites such as Facebook(can create a conflict in real life)

Question 7

Miller-negative

Answer 7

carried out the global social media impact study. Aims to report on the use and consequences of social media for people around the world. Used ethnographic method to explore lives on and offline. (As important to understand a person by looking at their online profiles , social media gives people a voice consequence- jack maynard left in a celeb, love island man who hunted animals