A Messy Marco-Analysis of Social Media: The Labyrinthine Self

Image from WikipediaThe following is a messy macro-analysis of social media and I hope to elucidate these ideas in the coming weeks. Please bear with me. Also, if you have spent time with what is talked about here, please get in touch, suggest links, propose theories, probes, ideas, etc. I support fragmentation.
It seems that [...]

The Fragmented Body: An Entangled Web of Desires

Image from WikipediaJacques Lacan’s idea of “the fragmented body” is of interest to me and I wish to briefly talk about it in relation to the virtual body of cyberspace. For Lacan, the fragmented body emerges in infancy when, for example, the infant sees his or her body in the mirror and recognizes the body [...]

Me.dium: A Real-Time Graphical Browsing Enivronment or “The Voyeuristic Web Experience”

Image from WikipediaIf yesterday I wrote about Zizek’s interview regarding “hysteria and cyberspace,” today I began using a quite “hysterical” add-on called “Me.dium.” Generally speaking, “me.dium” provides you with the ability to graphically see your browsing activity. It also shows other me.dium users who are on the same website as you (and surrounding websites) and [...]