Archive for August, 2003

Imagination, Virtual Reality, and Digital Communication Systems: Constructing a New Sensory System for Human Beings

In contrast to those who have maintained that computer-mediated communication standardized human communication, this paper explores the possibility that human imagination drives and dominates Internet interactions at virtually all stages of the communication process.  Towards this end, this paper initially characterizes the nature of imagination within a digital communication system and then identifies four behavioral [...]