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The Bricks of the New Babel: Identity, Language and Ethics of Digital Citizenship
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“Cyberspace has become the new psychological landscape of humanity, a space we inhabit with our thoughts, our mind, our imagination, and one that, on average, absorbs more of our physical time than any other activity.
Within it, desire and knowledge intertwine, intimacy and distance coexist, freedom and dependence overlap.
Participation in cyberspace, however, inevitably entails interaction with others, and this interaction is often experienced in a looser, less regulated way than in-person encounters.
It is here that the need arises to rethink citizenship, not as belonging to a state, but as conscious participation in a shared digital reality.”
― Digital Citizenship: Language, Ethics, and Identity in Cyberspace
Within it, desire and knowledge intertwine, intimacy and distance coexist, freedom and dependence overlap.
Participation in cyberspace, however, inevitably entails interaction with others, and this interaction is often experienced in a looser, less regulated way than in-person encounters.
It is here that the need arises to rethink citizenship, not as belonging to a state, but as conscious participation in a shared digital reality.”
― Digital Citizenship: Language, Ethics, and Identity in Cyberspace