The Social Breakdown

Breakaway Episode 4: Context Collapse

11.07.2018 - By socbreakdownPlay

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This week, Penn and Ellen breakdown an interesting phenomenon that occurs often on social media - context collapse - when various segments of your social network (friends, family, acquaintances, employers, and complete strangers) are muddled together into one big audience. How does a social media user as yourself negotiate the multiple imagined audiences of the social network? From self-presentation tactics such as censorship and compartmentalization, we discuss the complex ways we navigate the online social life.

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