The "real-life" activities of EVE community members are a striking example of when a game begins to evolve into another type of simulation. In this instance, the metagame becomes a kind of political simulation that starts to manifest itself more off the screen than it does within the virtual society. For instance, many council-members discussed how they often engage in physical player meetings in order to discuss in-game policy. As a more independent representative, Sug discussed this in some detail: "I spend hours having group and personal discussions. I do monthly open chats on a public communications server run by one of the educational corporations. I do interviews, I have gone to player meetings locally as well as the yearly CCP sponsored gathering in Las Vegas."

“it is pro-duced and transmitted under the control, dominant if not exclusive, of a few greatpolitical and economic apparatuses (university, army, writing, and media); lastly, it istheissueofawholepoliticaldebateandsocialconfrontation(‘ideological’struggles)”

Online activity, however, does not present a guaranteedavenue to impact. It may bring about disruptions to the stability of powerful hierarchiesthat grant a movement momentum, which may accumulate over time. It typically doesso in tandem with offline activity, and it really makes no sense to separate the two, orto treat social media as a space separate from the goings on of everyday social activities.

Queries about government, including programs, and policies, accounted for less than 2% of all Web search queries

in other words, this activity has become domesticated.3 Domestication is a useful way to understand search engine uses since, as it turns out, these uses are to a large extent domi-nated by consumption. But much search engine use aside from con-sumption relates to practical, everyday concerns, and so also fits the domestication framework. What is missing in the domestication frame-work, as mentioned, is an appreciation of larger issues such as the gate-keeping function exercised by the dominant search engines

here has been a deepening and broadening of this infrastruc-ture, leading some to speak of an information ‘revolution’ brought about the radical increase in the amount of information available (Hilbert and López 2011) or of an information flood (Gleick 2011).

 I always thought I simply did not care enough about social media and I preferred to connect with people directly, rather than have them see my life through a screen. Part of that is true, but I think a larger part has to do with me being afraid of telling people about my path in life. My path has not exactly been a pretty one, and I would rather everyone know about the good times than the bad ones.

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I started posting about Rugby; about my team, our tournaments, and our games. I was proud of what I was doing and finally felt okay with everyone knowing what I was up to, even those people I did not really know that followed me out of a false sense of obligation. I felt distant, and I wanted to feel a connection to home again, even if that connection was a like of a mere snapshot of my life.

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On top of that, likes and friends felt overly important to have. 

I remember learning about Instagram, I had no idea what it was when I entered high school, and once I learned I thought it was so cool.

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t is unclear how long this resis-tance can last, as Jenkins (2013) noted that a “utopian imagination often fuels fandom’s resistances to corporate efforts to commodify its cultural productions and exchanges

In that same article, Whedon (2008) acknowledged the craft-er culture within Firefly, noting the “pioneer spirit” of the show and explaining that “we were really trying to evoke the idea of things you make for yourself, of a life that you create with your own two hands”

As the creator of Firefly and several other cult television shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon has notably generated strong female characters

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The making of the official hat led Firefly’s copyright holder, 21st Century Fox, to send cease-and-desist letters to crafters selling their homemade hats on Etsy (Hall, 2013). It also inspired fans and allies to take to social media to vent their frustrations and come up with solutions together

Jenkins argues that participatory culture advances cultural diversity (Jenkins 2008, 268), but overlooks that not all voices have the same power and that pro-duced content and voices are frequently marginalized because visibility is a central resource in contemporary culture that powerful actors, such as media corpora-tions, can buy. Jenkins assumes that diversity is the linear result of prosumption.

The concept of participatory culture has a focus on “community involve-ment” (Jenkins, Purushotma, Weigel, Clinton and Robison 2009, 6). However, it idealizes community and fan culture as progressive and ignores the fact that the collective intelligence and activity of cultural communities and fandom can easily turn into a fascist mob, especially in situations of capitalist crisis that are prone to advance the growth and radicalization of right-wing extremism.

Henry Jenkins mistakenly assumes an automatic connection with fandom in popular culture and political protest. He also mistakes politics with popular culture and sees politics taking place largely as micro politics within popular culture (as the struggle of fans to make the culture industry respect their ideas in the design of plots)

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An Internet that is dominated by corporations that accumulate capital by exploiting and commodifying users can in the theory of participatory democracy never be participatory, and the cultural expressions on it cannot be an expression of participation.

Jenkins points out, based on Pierre Lévy (1997), that those who engage in “participatory culture” pool resources and combine skills so that collective intelligence emerges as “an alternative source of media power” (Jenkins 2008, 4).Jenkins defines participatory as a culture with:1. relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement,2. strong support for creating and sharing creations with others,3. some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices,4. members who believe that their contributions matter, and5. members who feel some degree of social connection with one another (at the least, they care what other people think about what they have created). (Jenkins, Purushotma, Weigel, Clinton and Robison 2009, 5f )

What I ultimately want to do with my career is become an author. I never thought about my online presence before as something that could hinder me, or become a problem if I ever become well known. So, even though I didn’t find anything detrimental, this assignment has still been eye opening. It has caused me to see that an online presence really matters and could matter for me in the future. If anything, it’s a reminder to be kind on the internet. Anyone can see what one does given the right tools. I think going through my Google data again in a year, or 3 would be interesting. I could see how technology is changing regarding what it is tracking, but also to see how I’ve changed, and potentially catch myself with an online presence I don’t want to display. 1) Digital Footprint Peer Review  Describe your changes:(hide this)Edit tagsDescribe your changesSaveSave and Continueor Cancel Tagse.g. report, new release, planning  Page Tools Rename this page Delete this page Insert links Insert links to other pages or uploaded files. Pages Images and files Insert a link to a new page Loading... No images or files uploaded yet. Insert image from URL Tip: To turn text into a link, highlight the text, then click on a page or file from the list above. div#comments .comment { margin-bottom:5px; } div#comments .content p { margin-bottom:5px; }

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The only thing I am mildly concerned about would be the Google Maps history. When I looked through it, it updated every few miles of where I was while using the application.

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data were more interesting. Although, googling myself did cause me to find a webpage for my adoptive grandfather’s family which was neat, and because of that, I’ve been searching for family members on ancestry.com. I digress. The following will be what I specifically found within my Google data, and how it could potentially affect my life.

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It’s like a living log book in a museum of every artifact that has passed through.

I am unsure what information they could have against me that might prevent me from being hired or smudging my reputation in the professional field. Ever since I started my online presence around 2012, I was taught to be very cautious with what I put out there because someone could always find it. I never knew how then, and to be honest I still don’t, but it taught me that my digital footprint can be seen and can be used against me. Now before I go out into the professional world after graduation, the only thing that I feel the need to remedy at this moment would be my Instagram account to better portray my professionalism.

One of the main displays of data for my professional life is my profile within LinkedIn.   

It also may come to the point in our lives where friends or significant others that were featured in our profiles just aren’t a part of our lives anymore. I had come to realize that some of the things posted on my Instagram may not portray the personality that I wished for, therefore warranting a delete. I am facing the same position now with said Instagram account. 

I may find embarrassing now that I didn’t back then.   

Now I don’t think those would necessarily paint me in a negative light in the digital world, but they don’t exactly add to my professional appearance. The same goes for my Activity folder; I am unsure if there is any compromising information buried within years of activity on various platforms. Just thinking about someone being able to find anything compromising within my years of accumulated data is a little nerve wracking.   

Now I am not saying that I have any illegal or super inappropriate browsing history, though it may seem like it when we become nervous at the thought of someone seeing it.

When it comes to Instagram, that is mainly for my personal use. Though it does have the capability to be used for my professional life.