Sunday April 25: Note Others Surveying You
With my seminar canceled, I only left the house for an enjoyable bike ride by myself. There were many people outside enjoying the day. The only other source of people seeing me would have been the many traffic cameras in East Davis. At home I spent most of the time on the computer and xbox, both require me to log in to use their services, like check my email, play online, and look at smartsite.
Having spent most of my time on campus, I was seen by somebody most of the day. My photos were mainly taken at home when I was alone. I'd wake up groggy, eat breakfast cereal, spend the day in class and working, get home, unwind with a shower, candy, then sleep.
my favorite is probably the blue tongue from the Warhead; a moment where I might have been extremely self conscious if i were in public.
My simple answers for the questions as of now; more to come...
a. Discuss this experiment: Compare the instances of surveillance you each located during part one. What did you learn about your privacy and your relationship to media from this exercise?
Self concsiousness come and goes with the crowd.
b. Answer this question together: How does the act of being public change your actions? How was this exercise difficult for you.
Not alone most of the day. And I question if I really was alone when I thought I was...
c. In your everyday lives, what role does media play in your sense of a private self? What role does media play in your sense of a public self? Can have you ever been in, or can you imagine, a circumstance where a public persona/ lack of a private persona would be useful to you?
Even if I had the television on or was listening to music, I didn't feel like I was being observed. Though we are learning that television sells us to manufacturers and products are not sold to us, I still feel that it is my two way window to the world; I can see it but it can't see me.
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