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Learning about Life Online In order to successfully navigate the social dimensions of cyberspace, some people will need a basic education about the communication techniques and customs of online relationships, groups, and communities. Even experienced onliners may need some training regarding the social and psychological nuances of online relationships. Much of this will be learned experientially in the eQuest program, but it's also important to provide you with some background "academic" instruction. My online book The Psychology of Cyberspace contains lots of information that will be useful to you. Browse through it. In particular, you should read the articles listed below. In the other sections of this eQuest site, I'll again refer to some of these articles:
- Cyberspace as a psychological space
- The basic psychological features of cyberspace
- The online disinhibition effect
- The black hole of cyberspace
- Identity managment in cyberspace
- E-mail communication and relationships
- Transference among people online
- Subtlety in multimedia chat
- Ethics in cyberspace research
- TextTalk: Communicating with typed text chat
- Steps in studying an online group: The Geezer Brigade
- Bringing Online and Offline Living Together: The Integration Principle
- The Final Showdown Between In-Person and Cyberspace Relationships
Think about these questions and write about them in your final paper for this project:- If some information in these articles stick in your mind, why might that be the case? What does that say about your personality and your life?
- What information in these articles was especially helpful in understanding your experience with eQuest?
- Do you disagree with anything in these articles?