Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
- ISBN-10
- 185799888X
- ISBN-13
- 9781857998887
- Category
- Computer networks
- Pages
- 347
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Sherry Turkle
Description
BEYOND DREAMS AND BEASTS tells a story of the story of the changing impact of the computeron our psychological lives. What is emerging, Turkle argues, is a new sense of identity, one which is de-centred and multiple. She describes the trends in computer design, in artificial intelligence, and in people's experience of virtual environments.
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