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The I in the Internet

  • Jia Tolentino (author)
Chapter of: Social Media & the Self: An Open Reader

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TitleThe I in the Internet
ContributorJia Tolentino (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.32376/3f8575cb.4e17f476
Landing pagehttps://www.mediastudies.press/pub/tolentino-internet
Publishermediastudies.press
Published on2021-07-15
Short abstractIN THE BEGINNING the internet seemed good.
Long abstractIN THE BEGINNING the internet seemed good. “I was in love with the internet the first time I used it at my dad’s office and thought it was the ULTIMATE COOL,” I wrote, when I was ten, on an An­gelfire subpage titled “The Story of How Jia Got Her Web Addic­tion.” In a text box superimposed on a hideous violet background, I continued: But that was in third grade and all I was doing was going to Beanie Baby sites. Having an old, icky bicky computer at home, we didn’t have the Internet. Even AOL seemed like a far-off dream. Then we got a new top-o’-the-line computer in spring break ’99, and of course it came with all that demo stuff. So I finally had AOL and I was completely amazed at the marvel of having a profile and chatting and IMS!!