With the availability of the internet and the convenience it has grown into, it isn’t common that people spend more than 12 hours a day online. Whether it maybe logged onto a chat engine or just plainly surfing the net, many of us have become more comfortable in this virtual platform that we have in reality. Being logged onto the World Wide Web allows users to crate a façade that may sometimes be a perfect reflection of themselves in reality or just a modified image of what they would like to be.
This mentioned scenario could possible relate to the concept of users, networks and structures.
USERS
- Ordinary human begins who choose or are influence to live a second life (virtual).
- People whom face segregation from society.
- Groups of individual who do not fit into the characteristics of being normal.
NETWORKS
- Online society platforms that suggest and support certain groups.
- General platforms which users can join or form a group.
- Online database that host a platform to keep in contact or make new friends.
- Gaming platforms
STRUCTURE
- Forum leaders, bloggers, online journalist and other forms of web host.
These 3 categories work in accord to create a virtual world of which users can relate to on a daily basis.
2 comments:
Interesting post! Do you think that things like cultural expectations, values, and wider social infrastructure might also fit under STRUCTURES in your categorization?
I believe it might fall under my mentioned category, however culture in its own sense it such a broad concept with multiple meanings and content. In terms of relying on values, I strongly support the fact that the internet is a value on its own. I refer to my self when i say that a majority of society use the internet and its content to reference their own life. We all belong to the band wagon effect.
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