Reflections: On Making This Publication

This section features four reflective essays, each of which explores one or more of the issues or concepts that emerged as part of the process of creating this digital publication.

In Reflection 1, Lisa Gee explores definitions of social media.

In Reflection 2, Clare Brant discusses the shift in academic publishing towards the digital and lays bare its hidden ecological costs.

In Reflection 3, Lisa Gee investigates the concept of researcher stance and looks at how Ego-Media project team members situated themselves in relation to their research and research subjects.

In Reflection 4, Lisa Gee explores research into online reading, outlining how we applied this in creating our digital publication.

The Ego Media Timeline¹ (on the King’s College, London website) situates the chronology of the project in the context of new media and technological developments and relevant political and cultural events.