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Creating my digital use map as it relates to the visitor-resident typology was a very interesting process for me, as it became clear that I am more of a visitor on the visitor-resident spectrum. My process for creating this map was to first go with my gut feeling and quickly draw on the graph where I thought my digital use belonged. From this method, my presence online was closer to being a resident, though not all the way there on the spectrum. Then I re-read the definitions of \u2018visitor\u2019 and \u2018resident\u2019 and further reflected on how I used each application. It turns out \u201cvisitors\u2026select an appropriate tool which they use to attain their goal. Task over, the tool is returned\u201d (White & Le Cornu, 2011) is a definition that resonated with me, regarding my use of the internet.<\/p>\n
I consume a great deal of information on many social media sites and read a wide range of articles from several sites, but I rarely contribute to the narrative online, choosing to be an observer. I realize I use this information distinctly in the physical world. I refer to what I read or see on social media or the internet at large and add my own thoughts, comments and interpretation to the person I am speaking with. I use these online tools daily. Accordingly, I feel as though I use them deeply but in fact, they are tools I use to access specific information, but then I simply close them.<\/p>\n
An interesting aside is that this hasn\u2019t always been my profile. I ran an Instagram account with more than a thousand followers, and a Twitter account with a few hundred followers. They were based on pop culture, a mix of current tv, memes, sports, art, gifs etc., however, I used it anonymously. The accounts were time consuming and I decided to delete them. I feel that there is certainly an interesting study about digital presence and personas in there somewhere for me to further explore!<\/p>\n
Reference<\/p>\n
White, D. S., & LeCornu, A. (2011). Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday<\/em>, 16(9). Retrieved from https:\/\/firstmonday.org\/article\/view\/3171\/3049#author<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Creating my digital use map as it relates to the visitor-resident typology was a very interesting process for me, as it became clear that I am more of a visitor on the visitor-resident spectrum. My process for creating this map… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt521"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0117\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}