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Sex and the Internet

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Reflection Outline of project For my second assignment, I chose the week 7 question, ‘In what ways are romantic and/or sexual relationships constructed within the virtual world?’. I wanted to investigate the positive and negative ways that society is affected when people consume entertainment or information regarding sex on the internet. I wanted to highlight the ways that mainstream porn can depict negative and/or unrealistic representations of sex, femininity, and female pleasure. To contrast with this issue, I wanted to highlight the ways that online communities can offer useful information on sexual issues. Also, they help to connect and validate individuals who do not fit into the heteronormative sexual mode. Strategies regarding scholarly sources Firstly, I re-read the week 7 study notes to refresh my knowledge of the topic and to begin to narrow down what I wanted to talk about and focus on. I decided on the research question; ‘What are the positive and neg...
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Reflection of My Online Identity

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Reflection of my online identity The way in which we communicate has changed significantly over the last few decades. If I am honest with myself, I use my phone as a security blanket. I feel anxious and twitchy if I don’t have it on me 24/7. However, considering how much I access the internet and various social media apps on my phone, I rarely post content on these platforms. When I do, it is usually a ‘share’ of something I have found interesting, funny or important; mostly ‘cute’ animal videos and sometimes social justice or political issues. I don’t really ‘create my own content’ (unless you count blurry pictures of a drunken night out or a generic, heavily-filtered photo of a beach that is the staple of most Instagram accounts). Even tho I seem to spend 50% of my day scrolling through my various social medias, I rarely contribute or create within them #alc203 #onlineidentity — Amy Kempster (@AmyKempstar) November 29, 2017 I have always been envious of my online conne...
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