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Digital Decisions explores some of the unique challenges prescribed by our digital lives, helping us to make  informed choices as we navigate unfamiliar territory. 

The idea that our offline and online lives are distinct from each other is obsolete. But that doesn't mean that the ubiquity of digital technologies hasn't created unique challenges that we're now tasked with navigating. Tune in as Madeleine Burkitt, digital media student and self-professed terrible decision-maker, unpacks the research on some of the new dilemmas we face in our modern lives.

In this first episode, Madeleine explores digital identities. Maddie discusses the history of identity, definitions of identity, the concept of authenticity and questions how different online platforms regulate how identities are understood.

References:

Davis, J. (2010). Identity Work and the Authentic Cyborg Self. [Blog] Cyberology. Available at: https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2010/10/30/identity-work-and-the-authentic-cyborg-self/ [Accessed 21 May 2017].

Dolla, C. (2017). My So-Called (Instagram) Life. The New York Times. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/style/modern-love-my-so-called-instagram-life.html?_r=0 [Accessed 13 May 2017].

Ess, C. (2013). Digital Media Ethics. 1st ed. Polity Press, pp.27-35.

Felluga, D. (2017). Introduction to Judith Butler, Module on Performativity. [online] Cla.purdue.edu. Available at: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/genderandsex/modules/butlerperformativity.html [Accessed 19 May 2017].

Freedman, J. (2005). 'The Ethics of Identity': A Rooted Cosmopolitan. The New York Times. [online] Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/books/review/the-ethics-of-identity-a-rooted-cosmopolitan.html?_r=0 [Accessed 12 May 2017].

Harnish, A. (2017). Me Vs. My Social Media Self: Why Gen Z Is The Saddest Generation. [Blog] Refinery29. Available at: http://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/146733/identity-crisis-causes-social-media-fake-world [Accessed 15 May 2017].

Krotoski, A. (2012). Online identity: is authenticity or anonymity more important?. The Guardian. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/19/online-identity-authenticity-anonymity [Accessed 19 May 2017].
Rachel, B. (2017). Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s ABC show Australia Wide axed. The Australian. [online] Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/yassmin-abdelmagieds-abc-show-axed/news-story/ca014c3a23de97ff5dbdce630d16a26f [Accessed 10 May 2017].

The UK Government Office for Science (2013). Future Identity. [online] London. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/future-of-identity [Accessed 7 May 2017].

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