Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Catfish (2010)

What does this film have to say about the ways we construct our identity through modern technology?

  • Internet-easy to falsify information i.e name, picture
  • no proof needed from information given
  • can create an alter ego- Facebook accounts can become numerous (no limit to accounts)
  • you can become someone else i.e 'Megan' was Angela
  • mobiles- don't see the person, could be anyone, i.e same as above
Modern technologies allow us an easy way to eacape from our real lives, with no proof needed and no checks, it can be an easy to decieve someone who is anywhere from next door to half way across the world.

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