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Crisis of boundaries
There exists a general crisis of boundaries that results when the sense of self that is formed by parochial face-to-face contexts and open ended virtual worlds intermingle. As Shields (1996) suggests, interactive technologies, exemplified by the Internet create
a crisis of boundaries between the real and the virtual, between time zones and between spaces, near and distant. Above all, boundaries between bodies and technologies [and] between our sense of self and our sense of our changing roles are altered. (p 7)
Shields, S. (1996). Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. London: Sage.
See article:
Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 1996, 12(2), 130-144.
Electronic nomads? Implications of trends in adolescents’ use of communication and information technology by Glenn Russell and David Holmes
http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet12/russell.html
