1. Since the Jennicam began in 1996, the boundaries between front and back contexts have been challenged on the Web. The Jennicam is a website that features the life of a young woman by documenting, in real time, her everyday movements in her home. Jenni calls her website, http://www.jennicam.org/, "an undramatized photographic diary for public viewing." What other evidence do you see that the line between front and back context is becoming blurred in popular media?

2. The Internet offers many opportunities for you to project an image of yourself by using the words of others. Sites such as Sparks.com and Getacard.com offer to send personal cards for any occasion in your name through the U.S. mail. Log on to one of these websites. Does it use identity tags to organize its messages? Are identity tags legitimate ways to present an authentic self to others?