Constructed Identity

To exist in the real world, one has a physical body in which is representative of a presence of a being. One which others identify as the same or as different from one of themselves. An identity attached to that physical body in then forms personalities, individuality frame of mind and even life values. Similarly as we focus in on the development of the internet as a medium, it has given us authoritative methods in which we are able to carve a dimensional “space”. Again to exist in this virtual “space” one has a virtual body and a virtual identity to keep in tact a presence over the internet.  The disembodiment of a real self in to a virtual self has aroused public interest for a period of time and even more so as virtual “spaces” over the internet are growing. Yet the journey of defining the virtual entity has driven many researchers to look in to different angles and cross disciplines, it is for certain that internet has redefined the way we perceive ourselves and others.

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