October 6, 2011

Is everything under control.....?!

      Starting from the idea that as different as we can be in matters such as culture, geographic location, gender, race, education, etc. we posess the power to build our own world, so we have to admit the purpose of the virtual identity is to virtually represent individuals, entirely autonomous from human control. (Jacob van Koksvijk, 2007 , p.53 ).
      Having a double life is more possible than ever. This stands for a parallel society where different individuals can fulfil their dreams and long lost desires or where simply live out their wildest fantasies in a framework that guarantees oblivion and that absolutely differentiates itself from the daily life’s well known restrictions. In the virtual dimension you get instantly acquainted to words such as pseudonyms, because they are the shelter for personal exposure. This gives space for plenty of anonymity, but a negative trait is the unreliability of virtual identity.
      From a macro level perspective, there are two ways of describing the use of virtual identity. Firstly, it is the ongoing use in identity – related software applications that we talk about and secondly, about the ways of representing the own personality with the help of on line contacts. 
      We've talked about why individuals feel pressured to exit reality, but I would like to insist on the versatile face of the Internet and explain how it swifts from it’s fundamental role towards this playground where participants redefine their personality and fearlessly project their hidden feelings. What happens when a person suddenly rejects his daily life as a citizen, family member or why not, as a friend? Well, he could simply rely to creating a virtual identity as a way to express himself by transferring emotions and ideas inside an on line space. ( Jacob van Koksvijk, 2007 , p.95 ).The most important role of virtual identity is that it comes to your aid in terms of personal convenience.



      According to Jacob van Koksvijk, a growing number of people, especially the ones that are lead by a shadowy existence put a lot of hope into this “ virtual gate “, wanting to transform their lives. Their emotional stability could be achieved simply by creating an image of themselves, exchange messages or being given the possibility to choose a place to stay. A person that is incapable of creating sustainable social structures in real life could perhaps reach the desired attention through the projection of his ” fake “ portrait on numerous worldwide scenes. To give you another example of “ virtually – solved case “ of social mismatch, I will ask you to imagine a person who feels bad about his sluggish typing skills. His virtual representation helps him take part into chat – room fast discussions without being pointed at for his well known problem. These are only a few cases within a large amount of examples that stand for evidence in cases such as the shift of communication, self – representation, identity. ( Jacob van Koksvijk, 2007 , p.57 ).






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