Commodifying Identity: The Digital Age’s Hidden Reality
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Commodifying Identity: The Digital Age’s Hidden Reality

In her 1994 essay, “Pandora’s Vox: On Community in Cyberspace,” Carmel Hermosillo astutely observes that the advent of computer networks and the digital age has not necessarily resulted in a reduction of hierarchy or the democratization of information. Instead, she sheds light on how these technological advances have led to the commodification of personal identity...