Through an analysis of the unique features of the Internet as an environment for cyberdating, this work examines the issues of (mis)information and (dis)trust in romantic endeavors and encounters in the virtual world. With a critical application of Grice's Cooperative Principle to a reported case of fraud in cyberdating, this paper offers practical suggestions for cyberdaters.
Naturally, humans seek physical and psychological joy. Romance, for instance, is one of the means. People are making quick use of the Internet technology to facilitate their seeking of romantic and quasiromantic experience via "virtual reality." In this paper we concern ourselves mainly with meaning ge neration and interpretation in the virtual world. With analysis of a reported case of online deception as empirical evidence, we question in the conditions and assumptions Grice based on for his theoretical proposition of the Cooperative Principle. Our research suggests that deception in online romance is hard to find out because the virtual reality does not provide sufficient conditions for generation of conversational implicatures as suggested by Grice's Cooperative Principle.
Is technology equalizing or polarizing this world? The authors answer this question by personally authenticating the dramatic state of the digital divide via their own experience. First, the authors will define "digital divide. Second, justification will be given to the significance of the issue. Third, with citation of research literature, the authors will substantiate the gravity of digital divide in our world. Finally, adducing their own personal experience, the authors intend to clinch the point that the digital divide is not distant and impersonal, a concern of someone else, but close, real, and very personal. The authors' multi-regional and multi-national experiences put them in a poised position to explore and reflect upon the issue of the digital divide.
Being able to establish and maintain an identity on the virtual world is becoming an increasingly important issue in the twenty-first century. These presentations address this critical issue from three perspectives: virtual identity fraud, virtual social support, and access to virtual communication technologies.
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