Abstract This research paper explores the influence of the Internet in shaping the users’ identities and the effects it has on adolescents who are in the process of figuring out their identities and their self-image. It focuses on the effects the Internet has on the self-image of the users in terms of their gender, race… Continue reading The Internet’s Effect on Shaping Identities in Terms of Gender, Race and Communities by Hanan Elmir

Hi Vivian I was impressed with your paper and agree that different circumstances bring communities together for many different reasons through Web 2.0, prior to the web becoming available for public participation we relied on face-to-face meetings.  The bonus of Web2.0 is as you indicate no longer do we need to be in close proximity… Continue reading Perceptions of Communities and Web 2.0 Across Time and Space, Community and Place