Figure 1
Resident-Visitor Typology Map
Above is the map of my technology use based on the resident-visitor typology. I am usually very private in online spaces, although that is now changing with the MALAT WordPress blogs. I am also interested in becoming more of a resident on LinkedIn, but I am having trouble trying to figure out what to post that would be valuable for myself and my readers.
Although I have private accounts on services such as Line and Facebook, I put them on the resident side because they still leave a footprint and they are “a place, perhaps like a park or a building in which there are clusters of friends and colleagues whom they can approach and with whom they can share information about their life and work” (White & Cornu, 2011). I think the public and private dichotomy of technology is not fully addressed by the resident-visitor typology. Residents can have private footprints and private spaces “where the distinction between online and off–line is increasingly blurred” (White & Cornu, 2011). Although it is private, I am not a visitor. I feel that engaging in private spaces allows group discussion and development of ideas without exposing yourself to the public and the potential safety concerns that come with that.
References
White, D. S., & Cornu, A. L. (2011). Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v16i9.3171