While the internet increases our power to control our image and communicate with others…it is not without risks

1. Flickr via. Technogiantsblog

2. . [7]
Flickr via. Fernando Amaro

3. People today are more connected to one another than ever before in
human history [10]
Image via. http://www.odmguide.com/online-marketing-tools/consumers-social-networks/

4. Flickr via. Wilf

5. “Not too long ago, people walked with their head up, looking at the
water, the sky, the sand and at one another, talking. Now they often
walk with their heads down, typing” [9]
Flickr via. Trevor Earl

6. Flickr via. Kim

7. ‘We live in an accelerating contradiction: the more
connected we become, the lonelier we are.’ [6]
Flickr via. Sue Sin

8. “We were promised a global village;
instead we inhabit the drab cul-de-sacs and endless
freeways of a vast suburb of information”[1]
Flickr via.
Adubullah.khan2012

9. 'Technology celebrates connectedness, but
encourages retreat,’ [4]
Flickr via. Kena Sen

10. Flickr via.
Huges Songe

11. Flickr via.
goonkvilaivanh

12. Flickr via. Summer Hanson

13. “A high school sophomore confides to me that he wishes he could talk
to an artificial intelligence program instead of his dad about dating”[9]
Flikcr via. Jorge Rivas Krause

14. Flickr via. Rennett Stowe

15. Technology is also changing the way we present
ourselves to the world…

16. People have become more interested in being connected to the
internet and posting pictures or updates to appear popular than
to have a conversation with a real friend
Flickr via. Wael AlNahari

17. "Now that we can interact with hundreds — no, thousands — of
people simultaneously, we've strengthened the impact that
others have on our self-value," Dr. Letamendi. [3]
Flickr via. Yukihiro Yoshida

18. A psychological concept that suggests we develop our sense of
self based on the perceptions of those we interact with [3]
The “Looking-glass self”…

19. “One of the differences between our self-image in real life and online is
more ability to change our look, and also mask our identity” [3]

20. “Technology has also allowed us to shape who we are and
highlight specific features in ways we couldn't do as easily
offline.” [3]

22. We hide behind the mask of our digital persona
because we are more comfortable with the
online self we have created [1]

23. Prioritizing how we look online rather than with face to face
interaction can further isolate us from the real world [1]
Flickr via. Transformer #18

24. WE need to remember that digital worlds are not a substitute for
conversation and do not form true relationships [2]
Flickr via. Niko Monkkonen

25. Thus, while the internet increase our power to
control our image and communicate with
others…it is not without risks

26. References
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