Post Secret is a community art project created by Frank Warren. This project began as Frank handed out 1,000 self-addressed post cards that included directions. These directions were to let go of your deepest secret by simply writing it on this post card, anonymously; it can include artwork, and mailing it to him. Only about 300 post cards were returned to begin with but he began posting them online which is when the Post Secret project really took off. Frank Warren has published four books full of other people’s secrets since the project started and has a fifth book coming out in October 2009. The main topic of my research project will be Post Secret, a view of online anonymity and the power Post Secret has on a number of different medias. Who really deserved the authorship to Post Secret?
I plan to use this website: http://media.www.carolinianonline.com/media/storage/paper301/news/2006/03/28/Life/Web-Junkie.Postsecret.Art.Or.Therapy-1750628.shtml while asking the question, why does the anonymity make Post Secret so special? While anyone is capable of creating a blog and posting all of their deepest, darkest secrets, why is Post Secret so different? I would like to understand further why not knowing where these secrets come from, whether it is a man or a woman, white or black, make that difference?
I plan to take this research finding out how it works with anonymous work and authorship – who really deserves the recognition? I will research whether or not authorship and plagiarism has been an issue thus far for him. http://www.appscout.com/2008/04/qa_postsecrets_frank_warren_1.php
Most of the secrets received by Frank Warren are posted on his weekly blog: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ as well as his twitter: http://twitter.com/postsecret keeping fans up to date in between book releases. I would like to address the impact popular social networking websites have on the Post Secret project. While it began with only books and blog it has now become a part of the facebook, myspace, and twitter community. I would like to address how Frank Warren has benefited from these networking website.
Coming back to the topic of the strong power Post Secret has over its readers, I would like to address the topic of anonymous therapy that these secrets are providing people with. http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/5/4/7/3/pages254736/p254736-2.php
Bibliography:
“Post Secret.” http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. 9/12/09.
DeGroot, Jocelyn. “We All Have Secrets.” http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/2/5/4/7/3/pages254736/p254736-1.php. 9/14/09.
Monson, Kyle. “Q&A Post Secret’s Frank Warren”=.” http://www.appscout.com/2008/04/qa_postsecrets_frank_warren_1.php. 9/5/09.
Campbell, Kitty. “WEB JUNKIE: PostSecret - art or therapy?” http://media.www.carolinianonline.com/media/storage/paper301/news/2006/03/28/Life/Web-Junkie.Postsecret.Art.Or.Therapy-1750628.shtml. 3/28/06.
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