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American domain name services company
Identity Digital Inc. is an American company with affiliated entities that operate in the domain name industry, including a domain name registrar and registry services provider. It is owned by the private equity firm Ethos Capital. The company acquired the registry operator and back-end registry services divisions of Afilias, Inc. in 2020. Both Donuts Inc. and Afilias Inc. were rebranded and brought under the single company brand name Identity Digital in 2022. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Identity DigitalA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Identity development in the digital contextInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Aire/ Air (Solaris)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Digital photography: communication, identity, memoryCited 348 times
- Go sideways: Donuts (company)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: .infoA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Digital photography: communication, identity, memory
Self-representation and digital identity
Collective Social Identity: Synthesizing Identity Theory and Social Identity Theory Using Digital Data
Self-Sovereign Digital Identity: A Paradigm Shift for Identity
Digital identity
Identity metamorphoses in digital disruption: a relational theory of identity
The Invisible Digital Identity: Assemblages in Digital Networks
Digital identity matters
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Aire/ Air (Solaris)Geoff Ryman · 2004
Digital Evolution of an American IdentityCatherine W. Phelan, C. Waite · 2012
Feminist Histories and Digital MediaPaula Hamilton, Mary Spongberg · 2019
Identity, community, and learning lives in the digital ageOla Erstad, Julian Sefton-Green · 2012
Cyber ZenGregory Price Grieve · 2016- 📕Digitizing IdentitiesIrma van der Ploeg, Jason Pridmore · 2015
Gender in Film and VideoNeal King, Rayanne Streeter · 2018
Race and Gender in Electronic MediaRebecca Ann Lind · 2016
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