Summary : In chapter 1 of Seeing our self through technology by Jill walker Rettberg mainly talked about the history of self representation. She first introduce the three forms of self representation to us, which is written, visual, and quantitative. Written from of self representation that are used back then is writing a diary. In short writing down anything about yourself can be a from of written self representation. The modern day form of written self representation is through blogging. Through blogging people are keeping track of what is going through their mind kind of like writing a diary. What you have gone through today, or what you had done what is interesting, if you have meet new friends, these are things that people are recording down so they can share with other people later. like blogging today soft wares like face book or twitter is a platform for people to post what is happen around them like if they just got something amazing to eat, or what is the weather like today, or they just crashed their car. Second way of self representation is through visual. Pretty much anything that is related to art falls under this categories it could be protract, painting, drawing, or even sculpturing these are all ways that people are self representation back in the days. Modern date visual representing is through taking pictures, like selfies. The third way of self representation is through quantitative. Back in the day this way of self representation is done through recording like Benjamin Franklin recording all of his habits. In modern day things like fit bib is something related to Benjamin Franklin way of self representation were is keeps tracks of what you are doing each day like steps you walk time you have spent sleeping or even how many stairs did you climb.
Key terms/ main ideas
– Written- In this case written is when you are writing about something that is happening to you or around you. but modern day written is different from what happen hundreds of years ago. Modern day written is through digital like posting or blogging.
– Visual- In this case visual is something you can see, painting drawing sculptures or portraits. Modern day visuals is what images you are or might be using like a selfie.
– Quantitative- In this case is recording down your habits and actions. Modern day way is through digital device like a fit bib or apple watch, like can recorded all of your actions today this week or even this month.
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