The plan for the final project.

I would like to write my essay on how people attach themselves to their avatars online. I don’t have a specific thesis at this point, but I will definitely be using “A Rape in Cyberspace” for evidence of whatever I choose to be my thesis. I really fell in love with this text and the idea of people projecting themselves into digital spaces and it eventually having emotional consequences. I want to also bring in the idea of how people can act themselves in a virtual environment without physical restrictions on their personalities, yet they allow their avatars to affect themselves emotionally. I think a good movie to watch for the research of this essay is probably the Matrix Trilogy, partly because it deals with human consciousness over digital spaces, and a good book to reference will probably be Neuromancer by William Gibson.

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The first thing I would like to address is that I think it's kind of ridiculous to not take advantage of using technology for our own benefit. This seems like such a simple statement, but I find it interesting when people get their panties in a twist because somebody happens to be better at utilizing technology. In the book, the first story that he tells us is about a girl who lost her cellphone in a cab and eventually it got stolen by this dumb girl who didn't think about the interconnectivity of cell phone companies. The thing that really got me about this cell phone finder was that it didn't occur to her to have the number changed, the sim card exchanged, or anything that might further protect her from being traced. It didn't necessarily say so in the article, but the impression I got was that she even maintained the same cell phone provider, sucking minutes, and texts from Ivanna.

I think that along with societies large groups being quickly formed and quickly unformed is nearly as useful in the understanding of society as what groups the people are actually joining and why. The fact that this group was formed against Sasha is important because it shows 1. that the people want justice and 2. that common goals that bring people together in digital space can manifest as a real life change.