Week 3 - Sherry Turkle 'Who am we?'

some interesting points picked up from the reading by Sherry Turkle ...

• online, windows allow us to be in more than one place at the same time playing different roles in different settings. does this mean that our real lifes are just one open window but there are also others that we may or may not know about?
• conversations online manipulate persona, romance and what can be counted on as 'real' in virtual space.
• being online links millions of people from all over the world. people from different cultures, with different genders, race, class, sexuality etc.
• 'we are using life on computer screens to become more comfortable with new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, sexuality, politics and identity.' does anyone agree or disagree with this? i think i personally agree with this. i think people find it easier to express themselfs on screen rather than face to face because people are scared of judgement. also you can go to chatrooms etc where people have the same views as you about sexuality, race etc so you do feel more comfortable talking about these issues.
• being online makes us the creator/ producer of our own world. we have control.