Essay: Basic Plan & Structure

After reading, researching and making notes from the selection of sources that I have gathered my ideas and theories from I have put together a basic structure of the content of the essay and how it will flow into a piece of writing.

Introduction

• Overview of the question being posed
• What is identity?
• What aspect of identity will I be looking at?
• What is the internet and what implication does it have on identity? (overview)

History of Identity

• Overview of the theories about identity until present day
• Pre-modern
• Modern
• Post-modern

Potential content of essay

• Nationality and the global community and its impact on identity and our access to the global community through the internet
• Class - Access to the internet, free and open to everyone? 1 in 3 Americans, 1 in 250 Africans
• Race and Ethnicity on the internet
• Gender and Sexuality - Stigmatised groups
• Communication through the internet

Conclusion

• Sum up key points and give my own overall opinions based on the aspects discussed within the essay