Identity and media

Mary is a little worried about Alexander’s presentation at next month's conference.
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Mary: You’re going to talk about what?

Alexander: Identity.

Mary: But it’s a media conference. Bit off-topic, wouldn’t you think? What’s identity got to do with media?

Alexander: Well, some people who are not normally aggressive, get quite insulting when they’re emailing or texting someone they don’t know, never met before. Others make up multiple identities, and seem to gain confidence. Media changes the concept of identity.

Mary: Hmm.

Alexander: And it might lead to a book. Even a documentary film. “Talk. We can all do it better.”

Mary: Use media and find a new you?

Alexander: I think you are making fun of the idea.

Mary (peels into peals of laughter): Oh, no. Oh no. Alexander, never.
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Voiceover

Topics for discussion at conferences often cover a broad range of subjects. Perspectives from scholars in slightly removed fields of study can throw light in dark corners. Putting it another way, burrow too deeply into a subject, and you can end up not being able to see the wood for the trees.

But Mary, who writes a popular geek blog, doesn’t quite appreciate Alexander’s poetic approach.
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