Identity in the age of the Internet, Turkle

Turkle, Sherry, 1995 'Introduction: Identity in the age of the Internet', in Life on the Screen as reprinted in SSK12 Unit Reader, 2006, pp 91-100, Murdoch University, Perth

Computers and specificlly the Internet change the way we think about ourselves, our relationships, our communities.

Computer, as well as a tool, is also a medium on which to project our ideas and fantasies.

Virtual communities - the self is constructed, the rules of social interaction are built, not received.

Computer -> internet -> virtual worlds
Modern -> post modern

As the role of computers in our society has changed, so has the thinking of our identity.