Summary of Cyberspace and Identity
...xploring the network and flying through this immense space, we’re connected with many other people by our online identity, which is different from our traditional identity. Online identity is a textual construction and can be shifted by changing virtual place. The author quotes that different people who certify that they have different names in different chatting rooms and those rooms bring out different things in them. Meanwhile, the cyberspace also has psychological effects on people. The author shows us an example of how different someone can be on the internet. A 34-year-old guy presents himself online as a woman who reminds him of his mother and acts completely different from what he is in real life. She lets us know that different personae were exploring different aspects of the self. People logging onto the internet find themselves pl...