Cognitive and social interaction in cyberspace:Prosthetic functions of the Internet
dc.contributor.author | Nilsen, Kristina Gulvik | eng |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-26T05:40:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-26T05:40:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05-30 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2014-05-30 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/8329 | |
dc.description.abstract | This is a qualitative social constructivist research of individuals living in the area of Bergen and their daily Internet use. I argue that we are living in a prosthetic culture within the cyberculture. Cyberspace is influenced by offline environmental space and humans interconnect with the Internet and ICT-devices; humans interact with other humans through cyberspace, constructing what I have referred to as social/wired cyborgs. Moreover, humans may socially distribute their individual cognition online. I have studied informant's lives in cyberspace through the phenomenology of perception and how the Internet enhances and extended their cognitive, social, and motor skills/abilities. In addition my research consists of three individuals with reduced mobility and four able-bodied individuals. Key words: Cyborg, Cyberspace, ICT, Phenomenology, Cognition, De-compartmentalize | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1032234 bytes | eng |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | eng |
dc.language.iso | nob | eng |
dc.publisher | The University of Bergen | eng |
dc.subject | Cyborg | eng |
dc.subject | cyberspace | eng |
dc.subject | ICT | eng |
dc.subject | IKT | nob |
dc.title | Cognitive and social interaction in cyberspace:Prosthetic functions of the Internet | eng |
dc.type | Master thesis | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright the author. All rights reserved | |
dc.description.degree | Master i Digital kultur | |
dc.description.localcode | MAHF-DIKUL | |
dc.description.localcode | DIKULT350 | |
dc.subject.nus | 719906 | eng |
fs.subjectcode | DIKULT350 |