COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

: COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

What is Cyberspace

Cyberspace is a term used for describing the intangible or the non-physical area that is created by the help of networking and systems although cyberspace can be created in closed systems as well . This metaphor was coined by William Gibson in the year 1984 , in his science fiction novel

Systems that are using networks and are open systems , such as online systems , make a cyberspace . This terrain is used by people who want to communicate with other people , people who are near or far in

geographical distance can communicate with them with the help of electronic mails and other forms of electronic communication such as instant messaging . People can also use cyberspace to gather or disseminate information . They can even do things like e-shopping which means they can window shop and buy anything they like just by using the internet . In fact it has mad life so easy that tasks like paying your utility bills , credit card bills and phone bills all can be done using cyberspace

Just like a physical area , cyberspace has its own set of objects such as messages , s , images , videos etc and it uses various kinds of delivery mediums . The difference here is that in to go around and explore cyberspace you do not need to move physically , it is all virtual and yet you can do anything that you desire using this cyberspace (cyberspace .com , 2008

Certain programs such as computer games and virtual play zones , are what we can term as special or specific cyberspace , these are designed specifically to cater to an individuals gaming needs , it has become advanced to the point that we have special areas created where the virtual space resembles the actual physical reality to almost accuracy one can almost feel like ones there and actually performing rather than just playing the game . The formal word for such a space would be virtual reality where the audience can have the audio and visual feel for the environment . Virtual reality is also used for training pilots and other profession whose real life training is quite expensive and where the actual physical environment is difficult to duplicate

When we discuss cyberspace we talk about it being spatial . Spatial is actually derived from the Latin word Spatium , which means "space Spatial is linked to the way space is defined and described . Anything concerning space comes under spatial (blurtit , 2008

Spatial awareness is a term which means that people have the ability to be aware of the area that surrounds them and are able to coordinate and understand it . Spatial analysis basically is related to the various kinds of techniques that are used many areas of study such as in geography ( to develop location points and maps , statistics (to calculate the mathematics and computer science . Spatial relation describes the distance of an object or point with reference to another object . It basically discusses the different dimensions of objects in space

when we talk about the relationship...