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NuschaWieczorekPaper1 6 - 16 Nov 2011 - Main.NuschaWieczorek
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This paper is the outcome of my thoughts about the content of my first draft, the comment on it and the conversation about it. As a result of this process I had to start afresh and could not just rewrite parts of the first draft. The first draft and the comments, however, were essential prerequisites for writing this paper. | | | | |
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< | One of the most significant distinctions between the Internet and other means of mass communication is that it is considerably more than merely a tool of communication. It is a virtual room that maneuvers large parts of the analog world into a digital world, which is – in contrast to the former – accessible from everywhere and for everybody. It constitutes an unprecedented new space, only marginally affected by geographical and territorial borders, where people around the world meet, communicate, negotiate, work, consume and share substantial parts of their lives with one another. | >
> | In contrast to other means of mass communication, the Internet is considerably more than merely a tool of communication. It is a virtual room that maneuvers large parts of the analog world into a digital world, which is – in contrast to the former – accessible from everywhere and for everybody. It constitutes an unprecedented new space, only marginally affected by geographical and territorial borders, where people around the world meet, communicate, negotiate, work, consume and share substantial parts of their lives with one another. | | | Thus, the Internet’s most remarkable feature is its ability to reduce physical and the related time restrictions, thereby making the realities of people that would otherwise never be exposed to one another grow together. In so doing, the Internet creates a new environment and the people it accommodates constitute a new social body.
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