Manufacturing ourselves: What's wrong with that?




A picture speaks a thousand words…yeah I know, what a cliché. Do videos speak more I wonder? So are we experiencing a textual silence or reserve perhaps in this new media age? Hardly. And what happens with all this contemporary chattering? Who is listening? Who cares enough to listen? Apparently not many according to media consumer analysts. People are too busy speaking about themselves, their day, their fleeting thoughts on toilet paper, baby nappies and strawberry yogurt often through the wonderful and humble medium of the picture. As I partake in this tradition by manufacturing my typical day and social life on Facebook as posed moments at happening events, I wonder what’s all the fuss about. After all, we are supposed to be our own best PR agent. If you don’t manufacture yourself, few people will care to do so on your behalf or worse yet, construct you through a montage that is not true to your desired manufactured self. Of course, self PR needs constant work. Me-branding articles...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27iht-currents.html

http://ezinearticles.com/?Lets-Talk-About-Me---Branding-For-MLM-Success&id=3585200

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/brandyou.html

...tips, guidance all packaged for our cyberselves, waiting to put that non-carbon footprint all over the Net. And sometimes it takes a thousand words to come up with the right picture!

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