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Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?

Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?

Celia Romm-Livermore, Gail Livermore
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781605661049|ISBN10: 160566104X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616924881|EISBN13: 9781605661056
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-104-9.ch013
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Romm-Livermore, Celia, and Gail Livermore. "Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?." Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications, edited by Celia Romm Livermore and Kristina Setzekorn, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 239-252. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-104-9.ch013

APA

Romm-Livermore, C. & Livermore, G. (2009). Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?. In C. Romm Livermore & K. Setzekorn (Eds.), Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications (pp. 239-252). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-104-9.ch013

Chicago

Romm-Livermore, Celia, and Gail Livermore. "Virtuality and Reality: What Happens When the Two Collide?." In Social Networking Communities and E-Dating Services: Concepts and Implications, edited by Celia Romm Livermore and Kristina Setzekorn, 239-252. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-104-9.ch013

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Abstract

This conceptual chapter explores the distinction between virtual and real environments, the situations when they might clash and the implications from this clash. We start by categorizing virtual environments. Next, we present a framework for comparing the rules that govern behavior in different virtual and real environments. We list a number of situations where virtual and real environments can collide and explore the characteristics of such situations. Finally, we discuss the implications from clashes between virtual and real environments and what society can or should do about such potential and actual clashes.

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