There are two tasks in this week. The first task is a continuation of last week's Sumpter's matrix.
First, regarding the different types of selfies, I will classify the pictures and the text content of their posts. Most of them are classified into lifestyle. I think the makeup, clothes and surroundings included in some selfie posts are a way for them to show their lifestyle. In addition, during this process, I changed the names of two categories. I changed ‘local event’ to ‘event’ since local events are too narrow and can only be limited to local activities. In most people's posts, the activities they participated in are not limited to the place where they grew up, but more in other cities. This may be because new cities can inspire people to share and record more. I also changed 'activism' to 'food' because one of my friends posted all about food.
I think Sumpter can't accurately represent the online and offline identities of my friends because what they post on the Internet is just what they want people to see. This is a one-sided post and can only represent part of their online identity. In this classification process, I found that it is difficult even for humans to classify based on pictures and text. There is no clear standard to measure these things. We may also classify based on our own biases and ideas.
The second task this week was Ethnographies of Online ‘Communities’. My group members and I share the online communities we are involved in. Since I rarely join other communities, I mainly played the role of a listener in this process. One of the girls shared a community on Facebook, which is an Asian group. She told us that the members of this community mainly share some daily life, including food, interesting things, personal topics, etc. I feel confused because I don't quite understand why they would post some of their things or thoughts to people they're not familiar with. If we want to research this community, we may face ethical issues. My group members think that if we directly take the things posted by members for research, it is a strange, unsafe and intrusive thing for the members. But Holly told us that we can ask the administrators of the community to ensure the legality and rationality of the use of data. At the same time, if necessary, we should also ensure the anonymity of the posters and keep their personal information confidential.