Module 3: Concept 14: Cyberspace is informationally created 'space'

The sense of space is essential for humans - or at least many humans - to be able to express their identities in special and rich ways.

This concept is addressing the metaphors we use to describe our experiences of communicating electronically using online software such as discussion board software and Internet relay chat software.

It's something which has almost become a special language. For instance, we are not typing messages on a key board to one another , but 'chatting.' We are not simply engaging in asynchronous electronic communication, but 'meeting up with someone in cyberpace' or 'visiting a friend'.

I guess this kind of language evolves when people become quite passionate about something....in a way it must make the whole experience more real and normal - less alienating.

Let's face it - when you are 'visiting someone in cyberspace,' you are more than likely sitting by yourself in a room with the door closed.