The language of Self-identity with in the virtual world

The language of Self-identity with in the virtual world

When we think of ourselves or the community that we belong to, we often give it a name that makes it into something that we associate with belonging to as an individual. This has transpired from the physical community into the virtual one, the use of language is evermore present within this form of community. There is no real face to face contact and the thing that are named or made visible aren’t tangible to be seen in the real world. So how is the community or self-formed within this visual world.

Language is one of the most fundamental things in our lives it is used all over the world, in different form that can be under stood by those in certain communities that are not understood by others. The use of language in the visual world is to give a meaning or a voice to something that we want to show as being us: with ever caption, post or comment, define what our self is when in the digital world. Describe with in Tuan that language is the thing makes something visible (Tuan, 1991), representing the way with in the visual world that language is used to make ourselves and community visible to the outsiders looking in.  

 VIRTUAL REALITY

 In today’s world all of our sense of community and selves is plastered all over the internet, with posting of what was going on with in our world the way that we want it to be portrayed. Where every business, community event or group has a media page with all that they do. Demonstrating the way that language has evolved over the years from oral, biblical print and now the visual world so has the community and self within (Kuttainen, 2017). Making visual world a way for self to be expressed with the way we use language to convey who we are as individuals, on a larger scale with a lot more people. While being a part of the online community within the app that choose to display ourselves in.

Language is a powerful thing that is used all around the globe, as an expression of one’s self the way they are going to orchestrate the lives that they are living. Still having a sense of community with in the online community not the ones out in the real world, making language that much more important. Letting ourselves to be seen in the virtual world through the use of language with in our posts, comments, and captions with photos showing ourselves and our community. Language forming the bases of how we show ourselves and community to the outside world with in the space of the visual media world.

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Kuttainen, V. (2017). BM1002, Lecture 5 BA1002 Our Space: Networks, Narratives, and the Making of Place week 5 notes [slide 9, 10]. https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au 

Tuan, Y-F. (1991). Language and the Making of Place: A Narrative-Descriptive Approach. (p.p.684-693). Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

VIRTUAL REALITY. Retrieved from http://www.entrez.world/about/