Welcome to the Internet

by Magdalena Rodriguez

Welcome to the Internet

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Senior Show 01: Instant Gratification............................................................................................1 02: What You See is What You Get ..........................................................................4 03: Anxieties in a Digimodernist World ....................................................................8 04: Anonymity is not Censorship..............................................................................12 05: Femme................................................................................................................16

So What?...................................................................................................................20 Colors, Shapes, and a Light-up Keyboard ..............................................................22 Glossary....................................................................................................................36 Sources.....................................................................................................................42

Senior Show

My name is Magdalena Rodriguez Murillo.

One: With advances in user-centered

and a graduate from the University of Mary

and article filtering, the ability to bubble

I am a graphic designer from Belton, TX

media like Facebook ads, blocking media,

Hardin-Baylor. I have worked with Presley

one’s self is easy.

Design Studio in Belton, TX and as a

Two: While prevalent use of social media

freelancer on multiple projects.

keeps people connected, the internet

In my senior show, I posed a question;

allows people to say what they want

“How has cyberculture affected our

without any grand repercussions. This

lives?”. Invoking aesthetics from Vasjen

ultimately changes the standard of social

Katro, Magdiel Lopez, Temi Coker, as

mannerisms and the way people interact.

well as glitch, vaporwave, and brutalism

Three: The internet’s ability to archive

art styles, I have taken online culture and

everything has created a timeless,

transformed it into a visual conversation.

paperless library of history, social

Within each poster I highlight different

commentary and the consensus of society

aspects of how culture has changed with

in reaction to changes in politics, social

the use of the web as well as the reactions

norms, and national tragedies.

of the public. I use color, gradients, text,

language, repetative symbolism, icons

Overall the process was gratifying even if

and saturation to describe my personal

it was frustrating, but without really diving

experiences as a consumer of online

into this project I wouldn’t have been

media.

able to reflect on what affects the way I

There are three overarching points my

interact with people now versus before

collection conveys that everyone who

cyberculture took over.

uses the internet on a daily basis can sympathize with:

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CHAPTER 1: INSTANT GRATIFICATION

The first poster of my collection is

called Instant Gratification to symbolize the

from all the media and activity that the

facilitation that cyberculture influences

internet and modern technology provides.

our impulsiveness. Because current

Procrastination has become the leading

technological advances have surpassed

source of tardiness, failure and ‘ADD-

the facilitation of daily lives, every aspect

Culture’ that we have become. In my

of our lives is controlled by some piece of

poster, I oversimplified the saturation of

modern work created by us. This not only

information online by creating multiple

makes us dependent but also forces us to

windows with data; some of this ‘data’ is

prioritize.

Alternately, we can get distracted

represented as shapes in bright colors,

The facility of prioritization makes

meant to symbolize something that can

us put more attention to what we deem

easily distract someone from their main

important. Daily, medial tasks become a

course of work.

second thought with technology and the

internet, while more important things like

Likewise, one of the leading roles of

prioritization and procrastination is instant

our jobs, our loved ones, and our personal

gratification. It is human tendency to want

projects become the forefront of our

things as soon as possible without delay.

attention. The example that represents this

Humanistic features like impulsiveness,

in my work is my personal commentary

mood, anticipation, emotional regulation,

on social media and how it has affected

and patience all work together to regulate

communication and culture in the “Are

our desires. With everything at our

you a contribution to good” tab. The tab

fingertips like our cellphones, and other

is saturated with text and information

tech, we can get what we want in an

because not everything that is good for our

instant. This provokes the procrastination

future or well-being is necessarily ‘fun.’

in us. I decided to use the head of a fellow 1

artist to symbolize the media that we

consume daily on various social media sites. The placement of the window

containing this heavily photoshopped

head is in the very front due to the amount of unnecessary importance we place on consuming media. According to Nielsen

Insights the population of 2018 at the age

of 18 and older spend 11 hours consuming media daily in comparison to the 10 hours spent in 2017. There is an obvious sense of distraction with the help of technology.

Luckily not all is lost; we have the power to fulfill our needs and desires. We can finish tasks and fulfill desires, we just need to manage and prioritize correctly.

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CHAPTER 2: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

While we may have everything at

access to a platform to share.

our fingertips and cannot fully comprehend

the dangers that come with that, we also

a theory created by Feminist Angela

have the beautiful choice of entering

McRobbie in the 1960’s, states that girls

conversations with strangers. Social media

are assumed to stay out of crime and

has created a platform where everyone

danger confined within the walls of their

can chime in with their ideas, opinions and

bedroom. While this can be true in theory,

entertaining expositions. While Facebook

the introduction of the internet has created

and the Zuckerberg trial can prove that

a bedroom culture for all teens and young

data mining opposes the theory that we

adults. Entertainment and the need to

have control of how much the world knows

express the feelings of anger can be

about us, we can explore the need for

found online, without having to “risk the

personal social media accounts to share

fear of real-world consequences.” This is

what we want to share.

For example, Bedroom Culture,

only one side of the conversation. Making

“What you see is what you get,” is

friends and expressing the hardships of

the saying that can be casually used for

life is ultimately safer in the confines of a

how we promote ourselves online and the

young adult’s bedroom, but the internet

title of my next piece. We post photos,

has dangers of its own. Living a ‘bitrate’

thoughts, and information about us that

life online, instant gratification, addictions

we want people to know. Simultaneously,

to online consumerism, comparison versus

we absorb what we see online and try

reflection on a self-esteem standpoint,

to adapt, usually as what we deem to

and other factors take a toll on a youth’s

be the best version of us possible. Many

mental state. Not only can it harm the

sociological and socioeconomic factors

mental state of a developing youth but

come into play when you give all people

can also harm the development of their 4

intellect.

Too many times can we see the bubble effect, the option taken to block out all opinions opposing the ideas that one

person has, happening to multiple people of all ages. Opinions being created on

social media is such a dangerous option

due to the screaming-like position people

take in topics like politics, health, religion, social standards, and many more. The facilitation of blocking other opinions that social media has only worsens

the situation. One can easily choose

to remove opposition and streamline

promotive material to one’s beliefs ignoring the possibility of taking a productive and

intellectual stand to inform of all options.

With opinions, personal promotion,

and tight-knit circles of information, we

reflect what we want people to see of us,

but are we really ourselves when what we promote are just pixels and numbers?

The answer is no, not necessarily. We promotewhat we want our life to be.

For that exact reason, I decided to tread

the opposite of that in my poster.

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The root idea of my design was to remove

many repercussions. If they do it for good,

style from my model in the poster and

cannot stop their actions.

any identity besides race, gender, and

those in opposition maydissagree but

present the notion of doing the righteous

thing on social media. Originally, the

block ourselves out of all experiences or

image was taken on the campus at the

promote ourselves in a specific way, but it

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, with

is closed-minded of us to refuse to use our

a shirt representing the same college.

resources to better ourselves.

Removing all identifications will allow the

 

viewer to guess who this person is. Many

who personally knows the model has their own idea of who the person is based on

interactions and social media, but is that

who she really is even with knowing her?

It’s not damaging if we decide to

We are who we are and our

pixel and text version of ourselves is

just a reflection of how we express our mind. We can even assume the way

we promote ourselves on the internet

can be a caricature of who we really are.

Internet stereotypes like white knights, incels, and keyboard warriors would

not necessarily act out in the presence

of other people, but online, they are able

to act on their impulses and not have too

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CHAPTER 3: ANXIETIES IN A DIGIMODERNIST WORLD

We all have a deep desire to be

take note on how the internet can promote

credited with some brilliant idea and

us to create, share, and say what we think

be praised for our genius. That is now

to fulfill our social needs without a second

content creation culture on the internet

thought until it’s too late to take words

works. but we cannot start to explain

back.

human individuality without attempting

Take Twitter culture as the perfect

to break down the culture of content

example; the Twitter police, Twitter

copyright-wars. Since big companies

witch hunts, social justice warriors,

like YouTube and Newgrounds have laid

the self-exposers, troll accounts,

the clear majority of web-users can happily

accounts and so much more. These are

their convoluted laws of creator liberties,

political and social movements, meme

claim they are content creators because

some of the biggest genres of content

they’ve ‘created a meme,’ or ‘played

that one can easily find. Each has their

around on Vine/YouTube before it was

own, usually, self-explained purpose. The

cool.’ How many of those users actually

police and witch hunters can go hand in

produce consistent thought-provoking

hand with social justice warriors that take

content and how many tweet and ‘gram

any content created by self-exposers

their opinion on meaningless reality shows

to point the ‘racist, sexist, evil human

rather than living their own life? This

being’ finger and make sure they pay for

following poster, named Anxieties in a

their wrongdoings. There is something

Digimodernist World.

so intrinsically right with taking the hero

We can argue that, like the prior

stance and seeing justice strike down with

ideas, we use social media to engage and

the help of fellow users but is it really our

belong to society as everyone else has

job? We can assume that this

been promoted to do. Rather, we can also

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Anonymity is not censorship.

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content is not only self-righteous reason

but for a greater good. Are these people content creators?

The erratic notion of social media

and the interactions of people is reflected in my work as contrary ideas. Each

sentence is surrounded by an idea or

quote that seems to be on everyone’s mind while online. We want to belong

to groups, but is it worth the anxiety? Is

belonging worth the struggles? We want to be individual and keep our languages and

cultures of our countries, but is it worth the bullying? It seems that, with questioning and creating media, messages and notions, people can identify.

People can belong to and uplift, everyone can chime in to better the world.

 

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CHAPTER 4: ANONYMITY IS NOT CENSORSHIP As individuals in the United States, we

since before the internet. As I stated

information when we feel compelled to,

“guarantees freedoms concerning religion,

enjoy our privacy, the choice to share

as well as block any information that does not fill our personal status-quo. Many

also abuse and misinterpret our laws to

do what we want, but how does privacy,

censorship, and our country’s laws affect

how we manage ourselves on the internet via freedom of speech?

“Anonymity Is Not Censorship,” is

the title of my next piece. While its graphic elements are not as saturated as the rest, we can ponder two different positions stated directly in the design.

Firstly, we need to explore why

censorship and anonymity is important to the internet and in terms of law. The internet’s capability to keep people

anonymous has been the leading reason why this now hotly debated topic has not

improved. Anonymity has always been the leading celebrator of personal expression, and the United States of America has

set forth rules to conserve that freedom

in my design, the First Amendment,

expression, assembly and the right to

petition,” but does this code apply to the virtual world? To an extension, yes but

there are many grey areas that the First Amendment does not cover like trolls, hackers, and harassers.

In the censorship aspect, the First

Amendment also covers the freedom

to express but under a pseudonym, or

simply not having to register to a site at

all. The integration of usernames versus

true anonymity is one of the many debates that highlight the grey area of the First

Amendment on cyberculture. One of the biggest examples of this can be seen throughout sites like Reddit, 4Chan

and Something Awful. 4Chan, unlike

the other two, is notorious for the users

sense of morality through true anonymous posting and lack of conversation archival.

The site has increasingly grown in criticism because of how the anonymity shapes 13

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how the site brings people together.

4Chan.org has an ecosystem that has

given life to not only thousands of memes and cyberculture, but movements that have solidified ideologies and actions

in the last 20 years. While actions like

exposing abusers and calling out racists

have positively impacted the community, the website is known to be one of the

darkest parts of the internet, not counting the darkweb. Conversations that are pro hate-speech, cyber-bullying, murder and abuse confessions have become

some of the most red-flagged topics of 4Chan. The anonymous aspect allows users to really let go, so much so that some conversations plan coordinated movements from as harmless as the

classic Rickrolling to #CutforBieber, that encouraged young girls to harm themselves for a celebrity.

Thankfully, not everything from

these websites have become online

disappointments. Memes, the use of imagery and relatable ideas

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to communicate freely, is praised all

As stated in my poster, sacrificing a small

that many people consider using memes

safety and security of cyberculture. We

throughout the internet. So much so,

amount could ultimately increase the

as a newfound form of communicating

would not necessarily consider taking

between cultures and social groups. Many times, when politics and pop-culture get

keyboards away from users as people

involved with memes, they are taken out of hand and made to be disingenuous, ugly,

and sometimes, completely inappropriate, even for the internet’s standards. Most

of the time, good or mad memes are not entirely traceable to their creator unless credit is desired. Memes range from

wholesome, harmless, neutral to politically incorrect, depending on the version

created. The beauty is that anyone with

access to a device with internet can create a meme in whatever format, to talk about anything. This, again, can lead to once

wholesome memes to become completely about demoting a politician, slandering a

celebrity, or even starting a movement that promotes mass school shootings. Would

giving up anonymity and censorship help

react to gun-ownership. It would simply be

asking for a registration to be filled in every website. Anonymity is still preserved while accountability is integrated. While many may have complaints about it, sources

like Reddit and Twitter have proven that simply because you have a username

that does not force you to identify yourself in any way, does not mean that you

right to freedom of speech is thwarted.

Many people, celebrities, and politicians have freely spoken their mind, whether righteous or not.

Ultimately, anonymity is not censorship

and while rules and regulations may be

slowly applied, cyberculture will most likely always find a way to preserve the origins of their rights.

the cybercultural climate?

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CHAPTER 5: FEMME #MeToo, #YesAllWomen and many more

as well as anonymous online forums as

headers for 3rd wave feminism. Because

main perpetrators of meninism. The

feminism and the massive opposition that

main platform of misogyny. The biggest

separate places on the internet: Social

twitter hashtags have become the leading

stated in the previous chapter, are the

of this, my final poster is about online

‘manosphere’ of online culture is the

has garnered thousands of movements.

examples of misogyny can be found in 3

cyberculture and stand against any

media, video games, and open forums.

internet can be an enabling tool for the

‘safe-space’ for the masculine majority,

haters use for their advancements against

women have been emerging from the

like Cath Elliott, Dawn Foster, and Petra

times, because women have disrupted

All Normies that their efforts as an open

ostracized and cursed out for absolutely

Many women who have embraced

wrongdoings can easily agree that the

Video games have usually been the

‘anti-women’ agenda that many femme-

but in the past years of progressiveness,

successful women. Feminist bloggers

depths and proving their skill. Many

Davis have stated in Angela Nagle’s Kill

the sanctity of video games, they are

feminist and critic have been returned with

no reason. The correlation of their skill and

with all their information, and more.

relevant as well; the lower their skill, the

stories of cyber-misogyny, but one must

uproar in female-lead gaming to call out

hate-speech on cyber-forums and social

Companies like Riot games have come

unparallel sexism in the workplace

rape threats, death threats, emails, letters

the amount of misogyny they receive is

Many online instances have told horrible

higher the ‘flaming.’ This has led to an

ask, who are the perpetrators of hysterical

those who oppose women in the industry.

media that define women?

under fire in recent years due to their

Incels, or involuntary celibate men,

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that is reflected their video game. The

the early 1400’s in art: a woman, her

to apologize or even deny ‘locker room

numbers in the backgrounds symbolize the

head team has faced a lawsuit but refuse talk,’ perpetrating a sexually hostile work environment, and sexual harassment.

Another instance of cyber-

misogyny, and this time femicide, is the 2014 Isla Vista Massacre. Elliot Rodger

planned a mass attack based on the idea that “the female human species were

incapable of seeing the value in me,” as

he states in his manifesto. He proclaimed he was an incel, explaining his lonely

nights and how he felt that women owed him their bodies. Rodger’s 141-page

manifesto, along with the massacre, was then celebrated by incels online stating that a “brother had gotten revenge.”

Cyber-misogyny may well be

the worst form of femme-hatred since it

facilitates the union of people with similar feelings. Because of this, my poster has embedded symbolism that represents

fertility, and her reproductive ability. The

digital world, usually seen as binary code,

this time stating what is a woman? Online, the meaning of a woman is skewed, and

while, offline, many have created their own meaning and lead their life peacefully, any data on social media can be interpreted

based on the viewer. Online, the common misunderstanding is that women are a sex-object and feminazis do not help reestablish the true definition.

Anonymity and misunderstanding

masculinity for misogyny have become

the lead reformers of anti-feminist values embraced online. Cyber-misogyny is

never ending and, sadly, while civil rights

movements offline have improved slowly, the online masses may lag due to social freedoms that the internet can provide.

the woman in the cyber world. Firstly, the flowers remain the same meaning since

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So What?

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Internet culture has allowed so much

our future is headed rather than turn a

the same issues we deal with offline

be boys,” or “it be like that sometimes.”

growth, connection, and innovation, yet persist and bloom on social media. While there is no immediate relief to the culture wars, we should be informed and talk

about the issues that change as we grow with technology. Cyber-culture has an undermined sense of self-awareness

and we should try to understand where

blind eye and casually chant, “boys will Whether we mock, satirize, or reject internet culture based on our social

groups we choose, we must adopt the

basic, nihilistic fun that has changed our

perspective and decide our improvements with a sense of exploration.

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Glossary

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ADD/ADHD Culture – the appropriation of the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder to describe a culture that is considered unable to focus on one thing at a time.

Anonymity – lack of outstanding, individual, or unusual features;

impersonality. Unable to be sourced.

Bedroom Culture – a theory developed by sociologist, Angela McRobbie and argues that girls are socialized to not

engage in crime and deviance through

bedroom culture; this is because they’re virtually trapped in their room.

Censorship – the suppression or

prohibition of any parts of books, films,

news, language, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security..

Copyright Wars – the copyright wars is

the tension brought on by the lasting claim to authors. In a cybercultural perspective,

the authorship of art, video, and ideas like memes shared online.

Cyber-Bullying – a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means..

Cyberculture – culture that has emerged from the use of computer network for communication, entertainment, and

business. It is also the study of various social phenomena associated with

the internet and other new forms of

network communication, such as online

communities, online multi-player gaming, social gaming, social media, and texting.

Cyber-Misogyny – the various forms of gendered hatred, harassment, and

abusive behavior targeted at women and

girls via the Internet. It draws attention to the discriminatory nature of this behavior, which occurs within a context of power and marginalization. In this way, cyber

misogyny is a more nuanced term than the more general “cyberbullying.”.

Facebook – an American online social media platform founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

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Femicide – the killing of a woman or girl,

tagging which makes it possible for others

in particular by a man and on account of

to easily find messages with a specific

her gender.

theme or content..

Feminazi – A feminist who supports

Incels – men who are involuntarily celibate

culling/extermination of men, censorship of

Rather than blame their personalities,

the hatred of men, female privilege, the

because of their lack of social skills.

opposing arguments and more..

Incels blame women and claim that

First Amendment – Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of

women owe them and in turn slander the female gender..

religion, or prohibiting the free exercise

Keyboard Warriors – a person who

speech, or of the press; or the right of the

Internet, typically one who conceals their

petition the Government for a redress of

offline..

thereof; or abridging the freedom of

makes abusive or aggressive posts on the

people peaceably to assemble, and to

identity, and does not act aggressively

grievances..

Meme – an element of a culture or system

Flaming – the online act of posting

of behavior that may be passed from one

offensive language on social networking

especially imitation. A humorous image,

insults, often laced with profanity or other

individual to another by nongenetic means,

sites.

video, piece of text, etc., that is copied

Hashtag – a type of metadata tag used on social networks such as Twitter and other microblogging services, allowing

users to apply dynamic, user-generated

(often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users..

Misogyny – the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or

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girls. Misogyny manifests in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex

discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, male privilege, belittling of

women, disenfranchisement of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification..

Newgrounds – an American online

entertainment and social media website and company. It hosts user-generated

content such as gaming, filming, audio

and artwork composition in four respective website categories.

Pop Culture – modern popular culture

transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.

Procrastination – the action of delaying or postponing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline..

Reddit – an American social news

aggregation, web content rating, and

discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links,

text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members..

Rickrolling – a prank and an Internet meme involving an unexpected

appearance of the music video for the

1987 Rick Astley song “Never Gonna Give You Up”. The meme is a type of bait and switch using a disguised hyperlink that leads to the music video..

Self-Exposers – those who openly

practice hate speech to forward their

racist, sexist, prejudice agenda and in turn force the majority of people against them.

SJW (Social Justice Warriors) –

originally meant to symbolize a person

who promotes socially progressive views, but recently redefined in a negative

connotation. Not it is a pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and

vehemently engages in arguments on

social justice on the Internet, often in a

shallow or not well-thought-out way, for raising their own personal reputation.

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Something Awful – a comedy website

YouTube – a free video sharing website

entries, forums, feature articles, digitally

and allows users to create their own work..

housing a variety of content, including blog

that makes it easy to watch online videos

edited pictures, and humorous media

Zuckerberg Trials – On April 10th, 2018

reviews..

Mark Zuckerberg was asked questions

Twitter Culture – The over encompassing

about Facebook mining data, selling user

culture that facilitates the communities of

information, and not being transparent with

Twitter to interact..

their clients..

Twitter Police – the ability for twitter users

3rd Wave Feminism – iteration of the

racist, or commit a crime.

1990s United States and continued until

to police those who use hate-speech, are

Twitter Witch Hunts – the searching and

feminist movement that began in the early the fourth wave began around 2008..

seizing of information posted online of

4Chan – an English-language

of whatever political belief a group has.

anonymously, with the most recent posts

people who have not followed the agenda This information is usually used to slander

and ruin the online reputation of someone, or even expose the online persona of someone who is importance offline.

imageboard website. Users generally post appearing above the rest. 4chan is split

into various boards with their own specific

content and guidelines. Registration is not possible.

White Knights – a person, usually male,

#CutforBieber – an online hoax and

selfless work. Usually treats a woman as a

members of 4Chan in trying to spread

who hides their true motives behind “damsel in distress.

Twitter hashtag campaign launched by a rumor that fans of Justin Bieber are

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cutting themselves in response to the

leaked photographs of the singer allegedly smoking marijuana.

#MeToo – a movement against sexual

harassment and sexual assault sourced to Twitter.

#YesAllWomen – a Twitter hashtag and social media campaign in which users

share examples or stories of misogyny and violence against women.

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