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Tomorrow's World?

a study of conversational reality within the computer-mediated community

DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS

Nimrod Jones

A Written Research Paper for Performance Writing BA (Hons) degree

(April 1997)

Contents

Introduction
1. The Casting of the Net: The Birth of a Global Computer Network; The Popularisation of the Net; The Internet Reality
2. The Reality of Language
3. Contextualisation Cues: The Unspoken Element: Paralanguage; Body Language: Kinesics
4. Self-Presentation: The Three-Fold Self; Strategies of Self-Presentation; Lying; Identity
5. Living in Cyberspace: Filtering Out The Cues; Re-Inventing The Cues; Net.Speak; The Narrative Self
Conclusion
Bibliography

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