Ego Media: Life Writing and Online Affordances

Saunders, Max, and Lisa Gee, eds.

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Forms and Practices

a mobile phone held up by a PoC apparently filming an out of focus concert

Interaction

9 connected hexagons against a circulating background of 0s & 1s. Each hexagon contains a featureless person. These vary in color, gender, hair color/style etc. networks by Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Interdisciplinarity

b&w icon of 3 overlapping figures, 1 with a round head, 1 a diamond, 1 ian inverted triangle

Methodologies

Annotated drawing of a microscope: text "Fig. 2. Microscope composé

Self

Unmasked: Alfred Cohen print (5/125) showing the Comedia Dell'Arte figure of Punch holding a mask almost identical to his face

Situation

blue and white stretched map showing Cuba and Haiti on the left with out-of-scale scale measurement on right

Software and the Self

sepia/vintage photo of suited man facing/concentrating on some form of early electrical machine

Time

Animated clock gif from http://bestanimations.com/HomeOffice/Clocks/Clocks.html

Sections

Avatars, Alter Egos, and Ventriloquists’ Dummies: Voice and Vicariousness Online

image of 3 motion captured avatars in different postures from the project Moving Past Present

Avatars, Alter Egos, and Ventriloquists’ Dummies: Voice and Vicariousness Online > Auto/biographical Avatars

Auto/biographical Avatars

hazy/abstracted image of a person in blue-green integrated into an abstract patterned blue-green background

Avatars, Alter Egos, and Ventriloquists’ Dummies: Voice and Vicariousness Online > The Networked Voice

The Networked Voice

Abstract blue-green image of jumbled letters in lots of sizes symbolizing sounds/voice

Imaginative Agency

spinning image of a white mask, Empetrisor, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Imaginative Agency > Balloons as Imaginative Agents

Balloons as Imaginative Agents

Steampunk hot air balloon by Susanp4 on Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/hot-air-balloon-aircraft-balloon-1533344/

Imaginative Agency > Cyberbodies: Imaginative Agency in Digital Futures

Cyberbodies: Imaginative Agency in Digital Futures

colourful holographic hand by Simon Lee on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/ldg40aCeOXo

Imaginative Agency > Emojis

Emojis

poo emoji by Alexas fotos on pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/feces-dog-poo-fun-poop-piggy-bank-2567407/

Imaginative Agency > Google Doodle

Google Doodle

A handmade Google "G" by Lauren Edvalson on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/WiSizdeZHBI

Imaginative Agency > Imaginative Agency: New Possibilities

Imaginative Agency: New Possibilities

Imaginative Agency > Introduction

Introduction

Imaginative Agency > Nether Worlds: Imagination, Agents, and Dark Acts

Nether Worlds: Imagination, Agents, and Dark Acts

3 transparent heads made of networked light on a purple background

Imaginative Agency > Symmetrical Breakfasts

Symmetrical Breakfasts

mirrored vertical text reading 'breakfast' in a funky purple font

Imaginative Agency > The Original Log

The Original Log

Starship enterprise passing a planet https://pixabay.com/illustrations/spaceship-star-trek-enterprise-5181695/

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online

black & white pic of soldier carrying communications equipment with twin aerials silhoutted against bright sky and rocky, hilly landscape with a small scrub. Image by Amber Clay from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/soldier-military-uniform-armed-60762/

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Databases and Networks

Databases and Networks

B&W photograph of 7 soldiers of the Freikorps 1918, 2 standing inside a doorway, 3 kneeling and 2 lying on their fronts

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > “Future” Wars

“Future” Wars

Electric Towers during Golden Hour electricity pylons and smoking chimneys at sunset https://www.pexels.com/photo/air-air-pollution-climate-change-dawn-221012/

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers

Soldier using map on tablet for orientation at forest

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Historicity

Historicity

The war in Ukraine, torn to pieces and burned Russian military equipment, destroyed military equipment near Irpin, Kyiv region. Drone view, aerial view.

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Lenses, Screens, and Datafication

Lenses, Screens, and Datafication

Commander of the Rangers paves the route on an electronic tablet (soldier looking at map on phone)

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Mediations

Mediations

Sepia photo of two US soldiers at war, one brandishing a gun, by janeb13 from https://pixabay.com/photos/war-soldiers-marines-okinawa-battle-1172111/

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Offline to Online

Offline to Online

4 Soldiers and an armoured vehicle in World War II–era battle

Life and War Writing, Off- and Online > Violence

Violence

A view of the camp and the ruins of the building through an airplane bomber fighter viewfinder.

Reflections: On Making This Publication

reflection of sunset over road an trees in a car wing mirror

Reflections: On Making This Publication > Reflection 1: What Are Social Media?

Reflection 1: What Are Social Media?

image of mobile phone on flat surface, showing the text "social media" and instagram, facebook and twitter icons. dole777-EQSPI11rf68-unsplash.jpg

Reflections: On Making This Publication > Reflection 2: About This “Book”

Reflection 2: About This “Book”

image of hairy white hand holding a mobile phone, screen filled with bookshelves/books, and held over an out-of-focus open book on a brown streaky surfacedigital books-3348990_1920.jpg

Reflections: On Making This Publication > Reflection 3: Researcher Stance

Reflection 3: Researcher Stance

image of person standing on cliffs above Porth Beach, Newquay, Cormwall, taking a pic of the sea

Reflections: On Making This Publication > Reflection 4: Writing for Online Reading

Reflection 4: Writing for Online Reading

image of iMac screen showing this page of this publication, a desk lamp, the books referenced in this section, a stainless steel cafetiere and mug, 2 g-tech hard drives and an Amazon Echo. On right you can just see a few bits of a large aloe vera plant

Self-Observation Online

Illustration of the Silver Mirror by Conan Doyle depicting a man at a desk looking into a mirror: Text " I was aware with a thrill of interest rather than fear, that there were two eyes looking out into the room"

Self-Observation Online > Mass Observation Directive

Mass Observation Directive

Self-Observation Online > Observations

Observations

Two women with shades observing a wall of CCTV cameras observing them - Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/fPxOowbR6ls

Self-Observation Online > Selected Mass Observation Responses

Selected Mass Observation Responses

Sharing-Life-in-the-Moment as Small Stories: Participation, Social Relations, and Subjectivity

phone on selfie stick against an out-of-focus background of greenery by Adam Birkett on Unsplash

Sharing-Life-in-the-Moment as Small Stories: Participation, Social Relations, and Subjectivity > Sharing the Moment Now as Breaking News

Sharing the Moment Now as Breaking News

Icon of long haired white person with microphone presenting news on TV, zigzag representing lightning behind them

Sharing-Life-in-the-Moment as Small Stories: Participation, Social Relations, and Subjectivity > Showing the Moment

Showing the Moment

Infographic: tracking small story facilities on social media. Click on i button top left of image for content

Sharing-Life-in-the-Moment as Small Stories: Participation, Social Relations, and Subjectivity > The Social Media Curation of Stories: Stories as a Feature on Snapchat and Instagram

The Social Media Curation of Stories: Stories as a Feature on Snapchat and Instagram

Word cloud visualization showing semantic field of datum (largest words are data; analytic; metric; view; information;statistic))

Social Media Case Studies

Hands typing on a laptop with assorted books, notbooks, pens pencils and rubbers and spectacles on their desk by KhamKhor on https://pixabay.com/photos/student-difficult-read-think-3038994/

Social Media Case Studies > Analyzing Online Expression Affordances on IRC and Twitter

Analyzing Online Expression Affordances on IRC and Twitter

bleached image of chat in an IRC chatroom

Social Media Case Studies > Researching the Narrative Construction of Mommy Vlogger Influencers

Researching the Narrative Construction of Mommy Vlogger Influencers

slow exposure image of Mikka Lene Pers at her computer in front of a window, in which you can see the window "through" her

Social Media Case Studies > Researching the Narrative Construction of Mommy Vlogger Influencers > Data Sampling, Tracking, and Tracing

Data Sampling, Tracking, and Tracing

screen shot of mommy vlog reading … come with me on my journey through life as a woman, wife and mother

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health

The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health

The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representations & Management of Health

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health > Health Identity and Self-Representation

Health Identity and Self-Representation

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health > Health Quantification and Self-Tracking

Health Quantification and Self-Tracking

Repeated Image of Greek statueof a representing self-tracking

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health > Research Design, Methodology, Influences, and Reflections

Research Design, Methodology, Influences, and Reflections

Stylised image of body covered with numbers, maps and graphs and the text "The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representations and Individual Management of 'Health" Rachael Kent"

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health > Social Media and Community Surveillance

Social Media and Community Surveillance

Social Media Case Studies > The Use of Self-Tracking Technologies and Social Media in Self-Representation and Management of Health > What Is Health?

What Is Health?

Talking Interfaces

images of busts of Socrates & (?) Plato illustrating conversation

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces

Writing Talking Interfaces

Program in the Piet programming language, printing "Hello, World!" by Thomas Schoch, at http://www.retas.de/thomas/computer/programs/useless/piet/explain.html licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots

Chatbots

Diagram of Turing test representing interactions between 2 people and a computer https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Test_de_Turing.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots > A Literary Guide to Natural Language Processing

A Literary Guide to Natural Language Processing

Natural language processing stage 1 results (narrative text with some prepositions conjunctions and pronnouns removed)

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots > Chatbot Lives

Chatbot Lives

Photo of Auguste Rodin's Pygmalion and Galatea, public domain, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/191292

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots > Chatbots and Literature

Chatbots and Literature

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots > How to Read a Chatbot

How to Read a Chatbot

Some of the code for the chatbot Rebecca Roach wrote

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Chatbots > Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Literature, Talk, and Computing

Literature, Talk, and Computing

bookshelves on laptop and tablet & wired beats headphones in front of an out of focus bookshelf Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Literature, Talk, and Computing > Biographical Case Study: J. M. Coetzee

Biographical Case Study: J. M. Coetzee

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) lab at Cambridge, with white-coated man. Copyright Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. Reproduced by permission.

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Literature, Talk, and Computing > Biographical Case Study: Margaret Masterman

Biographical Case Study: Margaret Masterman

An old imagination of what machine translation might look like from https://openclipart.org/detail/332234/machine-translation

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Opacity and Not Talking

Opacity and Not Talking

Black cube by Don Cloud from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/cube-block-black-box-3d-geometric-250082/

Talking Interfaces > Writing Talking Interfaces > Public Interfaces

Public Interfaces

5 Playmobil figures positioned round a white table, photographed from above by Hebi B.from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/playmobil-characters-meeting-451203/

To-Day and To-Morrow Online: Technology, Futurology, and Networked Self-Presentation

drawing of an idea of France in y2k, showing seated man speaking into an early 20th C idea of recording transmit equipment, talking to a woman projected onto a screen before him. Another man sits at a table behind to his left, operating the equipment

To-Day and To-Morrow Online: Technology, Futurology, and Networked Self-Presentation > Life Online To-Day and To-Morrow

Life Online To-Day and To-Morrow

image drawn from video of public roundtable: identities online with (l-r) Sidonie Smith, Leigh Gilmore, & Julie Rak.

To-Day and To-Morrow Online: Technology, Futurology, and Networked Self-Presentation > The To-Day and To-Morrow Book Series, 1923–1931