Part of the syllabus of Paper
V (Life on Social Media), Social Media Usage Course
1. The
digital image and the real self. Why does the digital image have to be better
than the real self? Why does the real self have to be worse than the digital
image? The difference between digital and real. Spiderman and Peter Parker. (…)
2. Creating
the perfect digital image. Maintaining the believability factor. Creating the
Balanced Cool. Traits with high cool-index: dark humour, sarcasm, sunglasses,
wit and humour of any kind, having useful contacts, dysfunctional family, closet
racism, alpha males, rebel females. Traits with low cool-index: optimism, being
helpful, sunglasses indoors, normal family, happy males and homely females, photo
with cousine in front of car showroom in shopping mall. Tricks and tips to
avoid expressions of innate cynicism and natural dislike for everybody.
(…)
5.
Intensity of social media usage. Demography and distribution of people active
in Facebook at 7 am. High and low intensity usage of social media. On-the-go
social media. Twitting while driving. Phone numbers of hospitals, morgues,
crematories and graveyards. Why I tweet everything I think, post everything I cook
and insta everything I eat. Coping with the fact that nobody cares. Depression,
drugs and suicide.
6. People
who do not use social media. Natural Suspicion and Struggle for Acceptance. (…)
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