d) p. 168 Do cyber-identities constitute an alternative to ‘normal social reality’?
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They can constitute an alternative to a normal social reality by offering the user tools of experimentation. Having a cyber-identity also allows the user to reconstruct their identity, for example, the case study of the online cross dresser, Sanford Lewin, who was male therapist in 'normal social reality' and he created a cyber-identity pretending to be a female therapist called Julie graham he did this for two years. However, after reading on, it shows how the cyber-identity is still not completely seperate for the 'real' world because the female patients he treated were affected emotionally in normal social reality by the cyber-identity of Sanford Lewin.
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They can constitute an alternative to a normal social reality by offering the user tools of experimentation. Having a cyber-identity also allows the user to reconstruct their identity, for example, the case study of the online cross dresser, Sanford Lewin, who was male therapist in 'normal social reality' and he created a cyber-identity pretending to be a female therapist called Julie graham he did this for two years. However, after reading on, it shows how the cyber-identity is still not completely seperate for the 'real' world because the female patients he treated were affected emotionally in normal social reality by the cyber-identity of Sanford Lewin.
ali i think its important to mention that cyber identities have positive and negitive effects relating to 'normal' social reality.
ReplyDeletefirstly whats normal???
a positive effect of cyber idenitity is that if your peronsl social reality is not a happy place you can create one online. for example if someone has a disability and is discriminated in the 'real world' he or she can manipulate their identity online so's not ot be the discriminated disabled person - which presumably (since they created the identity) would be a happier place for him or her.
a negative effect of manipulating identity however is pedophilia and i dont think i need to say anything about that.