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Erica Moon

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Artifact 1

Erica Moon
Personal Identity

My IPhone is more than just an device but it's an object that crosses all boarders with me. It shows who I am, keeps me in touch with people while I'm far away, and holds all my memories. At the same time, it moves my information over digital borders that I can't see. This blend of freedom and control illustrates how mobile devices change the way we cross borders in present-day.

Connection & Presence

With my phone, I cross many different virtual borders that separate me from the people I care about the most. When I’m miles away from family or loved facetime calls makes me feel as if I’m right there with them, I use my phone to stay in touch with friends, check notification for class work and organizing my schedule. In this sense, my phone brings me closer to people and places where I can't be actually be. I would feel alone and unconnected without it.

“Living Digitally like a Migrant: Everyday Smartphone Practices” (2023). This source talks about how phones make individuals feel better and enable them stay in touch with people, especially migrants, even when they are far away. My phone helps me get through social boundaries by keeping me in touch with my support systems that aren't close by.

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Mobility and Data

When I go to games in other states or even other countries, I bring my iPhone with me. But it also crosses invisible technical borders, taking my data, location, and online identity with me wherever I go. The Research: “The Appification of Borders: Data, Migration and Digitalization” (2025). The information provided says that cell phones and applications are being utilized to regulate and cross barriers. It shows me that my device is more than simply an item.

Protecting Your Data Digital Identity

What Data Mobitiliy Means

Questioning Digital Borders

Tracking and Managing Data Movement

Memory & Time

Purpose

The Research

My phone isn't simply for just now. I keep old memories like pictures and films of things that happened to me in the past. Looking over those memories makes me think of good times, trips with family and friends, and even simple meals. All of these moments bring the past and the present closer together.

I’m using, Stefania Mandolessi’s “Memory in the Digital Age” (2024), It claims that digital media transforms both general and personal memory. This helps me understand why my phone is more than just a place to keep things; it's also a way to recall and relive my past.

My smartphone is a place where I can keep memories that I can always get to. I wouldn't have much to rely on without these memories, and some of them might fade.

Global Borders & Identity

But it also highlights the way electronics can change and even regulate who we are and where we go. My strong attachment to my phone raises wider problems with the way we live in the modern age when we are all attached electronically.

My smartphone is a symbol of today's society, where crossing boundaries seems simpler than ever but also more challenging. It helps me get through each day, links to individuals in other states and countries, and preserves my past experiences

By linking all three sources together, I can show how my iPhone is more than simply a personal item.It shows how modern technology is changing individuality, relationships with others, and even boundaries.

Citations

Sadowski, Jathan. “The Appification of Borders: Data, Migration and Digitalization.” Big Data & Society, vol. 12, no. 1, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251319996. Trimikliniotis, Nicos, Dimitris Parsanoglou, and Vassilis S. Tsianos. “Living Digitally like a Migrant: Everyday Smartphone Practices.” Progress in Human Geography, vol. 47, no. 5, 2023, pp. 1181–1199. SAGE Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325

ICho, Yoonhyuk, Jaemin Jung, and Hyoungshick Kim. “Effects of Mobile Identity on Smartphone Symbolic Use: An Attachment Theory Perspective.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 21, 2022, p. 14036. MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114036 Mandolesi, Silvana. “Memory in the digital age.” Open research Europe vol. 3 123. 12 Jan. 2024, doi:10.12688/openreseurope.16228.2

Topic 2

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Evaluation

Test what you've learned and reflect on your digital experience

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Evaluation

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