The culture of cyberspace: the Internet for sociologists

Article Abstract:

Sociologists should perceive computer networks, such as the Internet, as a valuable communication medium and as a means for examining changing social relationships. The Internet provides sociologists with the tools to improve their teaching and research activities, and data collection could also be a feasible activity. Scholarly communication can be enhanced through full-text journal distribution on the Internet, with the Internet also useful for locating appropriate material elsewhere. On-line abstracts and tables of contents are being published by some journal editors.

Usage, Online services, Internet services, Information services, Sociology

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Looking toward cyberspace: Beyond grounded sociology: Cyberspace and identity

Article Abstract:

The Internet is responsible for creating and projecting virtual people in cyberspace, enabling individuals to adapt descriptions of themselves to racially alter the way others perceive them. Shy people can appear outgoing, fat people can be thin, and people can use an abundance of pseudonyms, hiding behind the anonymity provided by the web. The impact of cyberspace on identity is analysed.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Identity

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Who needs politics? Who needs people? The ironies of democracy in cyberspace

Article Abstract:

In the early 1990s, cyberspace was considered to be an electronic frontier where political boundaries could be overcome, and a vessel for free thought. The term 'netizen', which describes the internet user, was coined to give users a sociopolitical identity. It is argued that civil liberties and state power continue to confront each other in cyberspace.

Political aspects

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