01

Rushkoff, Douglas. (2013). "Digiphrenia: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Ch. 2) in Present Shock: Everything Happens Now (pp. 69-130).

Inspiration for the concept of fractal identities.

 

02

Ench, Cory. (1998-Present). Fractal World Gallery.

Producer of fractal images used for headers under "BLOG" homepage, the "ABOUT" page, and in various blog entries.

 

03

Ihde, Don. (2010). Heidegger's Technologies: Postphenomenological Perspectives.

A contemporary re-examination and critique of Heidegger's philosophy of technology as presented in the book Being and Time and the lecture "The Question Concerning Technology."

 

04 & 05

Heidegger, Martin. (1927, 2010 revised ed.). Being and Time.

Heidegger, Martin. (1954, 1982 reprint). "The Question Concerning Technology" in The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays. 

The origins of modern thought on the philosophy of technology. Must reads for media theorists and those curious about humanity's (and Being's) relationship to technology.

 

06

Makowka, Matthew. (2015). Fractal Identities - Annotated Bibliography. Graduate Capstone Project - Spring 2015, Emerging Media & Communication (EMAC). School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication. University of Texas at Dallas. 

A bibliography of selected resources - books, chapters, scholarly articles, and conference papers - pertaining directly and indirectly to fractal identities. Items touch on the topics of self, identity, self-disclosure (SD), and image management in offline (analog, non-digital) and online (digital, networked, virtual) environments; avatars in video games and virtual environments (VEs); the philosophy of technology; multitasking with digital devices and online; identity and social capital in social networking sites (SNSs); and the changing nature of identity in contemporary society. Some entries act as stand-alone commentary, while others provide basic references for discussions raised within this blog. It includes a "Methodology" that outlines the research strategy and tools used.