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As my digital footprint is small, so is my network; \u201cthere are more networked devices than people in the world\u201d (Anderson, Dron, 2014, p. 3), I fit into this category.\u00a0 I have several devices that connect to digital networks, but I am not a member of many of them.\u00a0 Although my network is small, it does what I need it to do.<\/p>\n
Breaking Down my Network<\/strong><\/p>\n Naturally, I am at the center of my network, which connects to six hubs: school, work, friends, family, Facebook, and Linked-In, with school and work having sub-categories.\u00a0 I split work and school further since they each have a large role in my network.\u00a0 I included more than my digital network since I believe that a network comes from many connections.\u00a0 In each of these hubs, there are people with whom I share a connection.\u00a0 In many cases, these relationships are ones where we help each other.\u00a0 The lines that attach the network do not have directions (i.e. arrows) because it is a flexible and the connections go both ways, which helps to build a stronger network. \u00a0Danah Boyd said, \u201cphysical structures are a collection of atoms while digital structures are built out of bits\u201d (Boyd, 2011, para. 11), my network resides using both physical structures and bits.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n References<\/p>\n Boyd, D. (2011). Social network sites as networked publics: Affordances, dynamics, and implications<\/a>. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A Networked Self (pp. 39\u201358). New York, NY: Rutledge.<\/p>\n Dron, J, & Anderson, T. (2014). Teaching Crowds<\/em><\/a>. Athabasca University Press. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.aupress.ca\/index.php\/books\/120235<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As my digital footprint is small, so is my network; \u201cthere are more networked devices than people in the world\u201d (Anderson, Dron, 2014, p. 3), I fit into this category.\u00a0 I have several devices that connect to digital networks, but I am not a member of many of them.\u00a0 Although my network is small, … Continue reading Map of my Network<\/span>