Online Relationships etc.

Week Three. Topic One.

Cyberidenities without even thinking about it in any great detail can not constitute to a "normal social reality", as communities, opinons and so on-are based on so much more than text (or pictures) on a screen.Lister et al believe that these identies are simply an extension of out society, and not a seperate one. I believe they fed into eachother. Emotions one may feel online will effect "real" life and vice versa. And this is the same as online relationships.

People can not switch of feelings and emotions between their online and offline selves if they take both seriously. There is evidence to suggest that online relationships do work in the real world, when the people finally (if ever) meet. Meeting people online is not something I would personally do, as I never have had any need to use that method of meeting a mate. I do think it could work for some people though.

People act as "nomads" online, wondering through various networks, forums and so on-meeting people from all over the world-so in some ways, one may see this a better than normal relationships as there is people from all over the world, with various interests just there for someone to meet. However, I believe some feelings can only be developed through face-to-face communication. So I think that the meeting of people online is an interesting and novel and in some ways practical way of meeting a partner or friends, but this should be contiuned in real life.