Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?

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Author(s): Celia Romm-Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)and Gail Livermore (Spin Master Ltd., Canada)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 14
Source title: Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Celia Romm Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)and Kristina Setzekorn (Smith Barney, Inc., USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-104-9.ch013

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Social Computing / Social Networking

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This conceptual chapter explores the distinction between virtual and real environments, the situations when they might clash and the implications from this clash. We start by categorizing virtual environments. Next, we present a framework for comparing the rules that govern behavior in different virtual and real environments. We list a number of situations where virtual and real environments can collide and explore the characteristics of such situations. Finally, we discuss the implications from clashes between virtual and real environments and what society can or should do about such potential and actual clashes.

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