Hybrid identity

A study of the development of self-identity with digital media and artificial intelligence

Authors

  • Saifalla Awad Sunway University, Malaysia
  • Kenneth Feinstein Sunway University: Malásia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2020.21572

Keywords:

Identity, Hybrid, Self-identity, Technology, Artificial intelligence

Abstract

Current society is constantly fixed behind a screen. Every moment of our waking lives is uploaded and shared online for the rest of the world to browse and the way people view us has become vastly important to us. Our sense of identity has been shaped to focus on how others might think of us, rather than forming and understanding our own self- identity. This study will delve into whether our self-identities have drastically changed due to the world revolving around digital media. Additionally, whether this is leading towards the development of a new ‘hybrid’ form of identity that goes hand-in-hand with technology.

Author Biographies

  • Saifalla Awad, Sunway University, Malaysia

    Saifalla is a post graduate student in Visaula Communication & Media Studies at Sunway University.

  • Kenneth Feinstein, Sunway University: Malásia
    Kenneth Feinstein is an artist, theorist, curator and writer. He has exhibited creative works internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, and the Jogja Nasional Museum, Jogjakarta, Indonesia and group exhibitions at the Millennium Museum in Beijing, the National Visual Art Gallery Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and the Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia. His award-winning films have been shown at major international film festivals including the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Brooklyn Film Festival and the Oaxaca Film Festival. An early digital artist, his print Try Me was the first digital print in the New York Public Library print collection. In 2014, he was the first non-Malaysian curator at the National Visual Arts Gallery, Malaysia with the exhibition Immaterial Frontiers 2.0. His writings focus on media theory and philosophy. He has published books, articles and given talks on issues surrounding the ethics of new media practice. He is the author of The Image That Doesn’t Want to Be Seen, Apropos Press, 2010 and The Promise of Photography, Intellect, Ltd. 2015.Dr. Feinstein has a Masters and PhD in Media Philosophy from the European Graduate School in Switzerland. His BA is in documentary film and photography from Hampshire College in the USA. He is Associate Professor at the Centre for Research-Creation in Digital Media, from Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Este número apresenta, além das seções abertas, a seção temática " Sistemas Poéticos Artificiais ", sob a organização e apresentação da Profa. Dra. Marília Lyra Bergamo.

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Published

2020-05-27

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 19 (2020): may.2020 - oct.2020

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Articles - Thematic section

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Hybrid identity: A study of the development of self-identity with digital media and artificial intelligence. PÓS: Journal of the Arts Postgraduation Program at EBA/UFMG, Belo Horizonte, v. 10, n. 19, p. 59–68, 2020. DOI: 10.35699/2237-5864.2020.21572. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/21572. Acesso em: 19 dec. 2024.

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