Phenomenological anecdote: Online education
The desire to control the self-presentation
"I open the camera, but not the microphone. I look the little box that shows me on the screen and notice that a tow truck is partially visible from the window behind me. My body freezes. I feel embarrassed and afraid that somebody may see it. “I need to have a professional look” I’m thinking. My eyes check all the small boxes on the screen one by one. Nobody pays attention to their camera. I want everything on my box on the screen to look tidy. It’s such a sunny day today and a nice background with the blue sky will be perfect. I lift my body a little bit on the front slowly. My eyes are starring at the screen. I grab the chair with both my hands and move to the left to hide the tow truck from my window on the screen. The truck is still there. “Does anybody has noticed already?”...