Whilst looking at cyber cultures one areas that I have found interesting is the idea of identity on the internet. I've been doing some reading on it and I think the beginning section of this article asks and interesting question. It points out that when cyber communities are created they treat the meeting place like a 'public space' yet eliminating the face to face contact. Yet we apparently need this physical contact with people and objects to develop a sense of self. So how can we achieve that on the internet and how do we present ourselves to others on the internet?
It's interesting about how we have 'digital personalities' and how communicating through the internet removes the factor of body language and visual information we read from other people when interacting face-to-face. I think as a result of this when sending a message over the internet people can misinterpret what you are trying to say, or the tone of voice. For example many things which could be ment as a light-hearted comment or joke could be read completely differently due to the lack of body language etc..
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely harder to understand a persons point through reading it off a screen to listening to them in person
Reading further on in that chapter it dose go on to talk about how people develop a style of written communication. Such as when emailing the writhing has to be more dramatic to get across the feelings that are being read if that makes sense. I find the language used in these books difficult to interpret some times.
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