Identity in the Age of Internet

             The new and exiting ways of modern day computers and their increasing
             proliferation have definitely transformed the human and machine identity.
             As Turkle indicates computers have ceased to be simple logical machines,
             which just did the job for us' but now have a subjective influence on us,
             affecting the way we think and operate. The virtual world has very much
             become a part of our human personality. The, virtual parlors, game rooms
             and other Multi user Domains which allow for simultaneous participation of
             people from different geographical domains have cast an new emotional
             identity to computers. The anonymity and multiple identities on the Multi
             user domains on the Internet highway has opened new possibilities for
             people to extend their expression in terms of multiple personalities
             The Internet is limitless and not time bound offering infinite
             possibilities for the self to express itself. This multisensory and highly
             interactive media creates a temporary suspension of reality as people enter
             the virtual world on a regular basis. In the virtual environment there is
             in effect a destruction and reconstruction of the Cartesian self many times
             over. (Postmodern ideology) We are indeed witnessing a great social change
             as with real time audio and video the virtual media has sort of merged into
             the real or at least it has become an integral part of the human
             personality complex. The more often people interrelate with the machine and
             through the machine with each other, we see the gap between the virtual and
             real is closing up and technology is indeed fast driving humanity towards a
             postmodern society where there is spontaneity, reflexivity and multiple
             Judging by appearances
             (Cosmetic Surgery and Human Identity)
             The enlightment ideology implies that individuals could remake or
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