Psychology of Online Virtual Relationships:
Expand Your Mind

The notion of False Identities can have its negative and positive effects. The incident with the male pretending to be a female is a mirror of society. The positive thing about it is that it's just all fun and games. The serious thing about it is that it hides information that can damage a person relationship over virtual worlds, especially if the true identity is found in the real world. To some false identities are a way to feel good. It is comforting. It is consoling. Secondly, weird beliefs offer immediate gratification. People like weird beliefs because they are simple. Weird beliefs also satisfy the quest for significance: they satisfy our moral needs and our desire that life be meaningful. Finally, people believe weird things because weird things give them hope.

The issue can be known as an attempt to figure out certain behaviors that exist within humans. The notion of virtual relations over the web can be the stepping stone into what make humans personalities change. It's not natural observation, where a person is seen in his or her natural environment, and may tend to act differently because someone else is watching them. I believe over the web a person can with hold valuable information. The behavior displayed with false identities is an internal feeling that big brothers is somehow watching and to display true behavior may still be observed by some force. The concept of fantasy is also involved with false identity. I believe on a normally bases humans fantasy are about sexual situations or having power in society. With false identities this fantasies can be shared with others who have the same feelings and beliefs. In conclusion, I believe it's just pretending, like a game being played by grown up children.

The interaction process over the web is people exchanging conversation over related topics. Not until resent, people have become more intimate about personal matters on the web. Being they can express emotional stimulus to another individual by way of virtual communication. The computer generation is establishing a new form of cyber dating where individuals can engage in selecting a person of their choice. Just like in any meeting environment. Humans can play the mating game over chat rooms, newsgroups, and e-mail. Online Interaction has open numerous doors for people to learn from one another more on a level where facial expressions are not seen. This allows people to understand exactly what another's person is trying to say without the interference of mixed bodily messages. I've noticed in reason times that there are more online coffee shops. People can now have interaction on the web while having coffee. This friendly atmosphere allows couples, friends, and relatives to interact with one other over virtual cyber worlds. It's exciting to find out what the future holds for online interaction. I can image walking to work and interacting with someone from another country on my hand held watch.

I believe that expectations can be define in my own personal definition as something wished for but not seen. Like in the virtual world people expect to meet someone they feel comfortable with. The expectation comes from that individual point of view of how the other person should behave, respond, live, and be. In the real world people call this faith. Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. The substance is the expectation that the individual hopes for, but the things hope for are not seen. Humans' feel a need to be understood by most, but can't depict where to search. So they expect and hope to find someone they can disclose personal information with. The illusion is that this takes place in the virtual cyber world. It may not be seen, but it is just as real.

I'm not too familiar with Internet Addiction because I'm not a long time user of the service. I can mage that people can become addicts to the Internet like any thing else that people depend on. People are addicts to everything they feel that they have to use in order to gain self-fulfillment. The computer has and working relationships with humans. Computers are part of our daily lives and activities. Without them many people would be lost. I can't image the fact that people are trapped in this harmful situation. Computers are good, but to close values and family off is not good. I wonder if there is a treatment center for people who have this illness. I pretty sure the cost is mighty expensive! I wonder what's the first step in helping the victim. "Please remove your hands from the keyboard, and stop licking the monitor." Just kidding, I hope this incident doesn't get out of hand because the computer age is here, and people will have to rely on computers for everyday living.

Summary: This paper confronts and issue that is very important for the future. A community in Webster dictionary is defined as a body of people living in the same place under the same laws. What holds true, is that a community is a network of people living in the same environment, but with modern day technology this definitional meaning for the phase community is no longer true. Can human interactions exist in Cyber-space? For many the notion that a community can exists in the virtual world is really possible. The article "Virtual community as new form of Community" tells that it is very much possible for people to form community interaction over a computer. The net provides a link into topics where people can relate and discuss issues that effect their everyday life. People from their homes connect on line to converse over whatever the topic maybe. The only thing that separates comminute from chat-lines is that community is somewhat a kinship network, which only involves certain on-line groups. The same ideas are shared and they are usually friendly. The first virtual community came about by scientists using the web too search for information over Inter-net services and advance findings in research. Now, the hold notion that communities exist holds true by networks offering use of computer mediated communications technology. The hold concept of virtual communities has changed into a multi-billion dollar business. Opening doors for investors to gain numerous amount of profit. Major cooperation's has gain insight on how to involve market strategies to catch people's attention through virtual communities. A debate is over rather virtual communities is real or just a connection network like the telephone. For a community to exist sociologist states that a network must be shared with the same beliefs and values. For example, having a common religion, geographic territory, and a common history. Sociologists believe that information exchange among physical presents makes a community. The term community has faced a change in operational definition since the early 1950s. This is because the term community is different depending on which context it is being used under. Many sociological definitions of the term community do not rule out that virtual comminutes or group-CMC is a new type of community. In conclusion, the term community characterizes so many different definitions. The term virtual community does show that a community can exist within cyber-space.

The issues on virtual communities are a topic that talks about a picture of the future. The time is coming where humans have to live a physical life and a virtual life. To face reality will be a thing of the past. Human interaction will be no more by some standers. I feel that a virtual place can have its benefits. The basic human need is interaction and to some extent without personal interaction personality among humans will have no concrete individuality. Every person needs to be unique in order to live in a reality world. In the virtual world it's just the same, but only displayed over a computer screen. Can a person live and leave a trademark in history on an on-line service. I think so. So many lives are touch with cyberspace technology everyday. The virtual person can leave a virtual present in someone else's life. The only handicap in the virtual world is that humans do not have an interaction that places physical touching by another individual. People now have an option in the way of expressing their inner most desires, and expressing themselves over Chat-rooms, newsgroups, and other types of virtual clubs. In conclusion, I feel that humans and computers will become one. And without the computer people will be placed as an outcast of society.

Varity of Communicators is the second necessary condition of variety communicators. This is and interaction that relates to communicators together that posts their messages to a common public place. The common public place is the home database for potential users. It is understood that virtual communities exist in cyber space. The social relationships exist through repeated contact within a certain place. The issue of virtual community boundaries is a hot topic in Cyber-Psychology. It is said that the first virtual communities resulted in mid 1970s. The on-line bulletin board service (BBS) was associated with the label virtual community because all conditions were met. The over all view of the issue is it impossible to reject the inclusion of common public virtual cyber space. Can conditions be met that excludes the possibility that virtual cyber communities can be formed without a sense of cyber-interaction over a period of time?

The variety of communicators places an operational definition among the term virtual community. I find that the issue states that a common place must be establish in order to fit the virtual community boundary. From my point of view, I believe that more than two people have to interact over a period of time before a common place can between establish. Then and only then can a variety of communicators include themselves as a group? I feel that a social relationship has to take place in cyber space within a certain period of time. I would consider a period of a year or more between more than two communicators to be the right amount of time.

Summary: Archaeology is the study of humanity's past by scientific analysis of the material remains of a culture. This has lead to a new field of study that examines the effects of past cultural relations over the virtual-communities and cyber-cultures. The effects of this study have led to numerous discoveries of past virtual communities and virtual settlements. The significance of Cyber-Archaeology allows for the examination of virtual community. This allows the finding of hierarchies among older virtual-communities. It demonstrates the shift in cognitive thinking and behaviors among past virtual communities.

Newsgroups have open details into Cyber-Archaeology. The focus is on the different thought processes humans are capable of responding to. The interaction in newsgroups opens new ideas for better thinking. It can also display negative attitudes. The hold purpose of newsgroups to me is that the person gets to play God for a minute or so. Until someone else display his or her differences in opinion. The study in Cyber-Archaeology looks for these changes in behavioral thinking over a period of time. I think it's important to study people thoughts a decade at a time. And find out how these thoughts effect the world.

Summary: This paper confronts and issue that is very important for the future. A community in Webster dictionary is defined as a body of people living in the same place under the same laws. What holds true is that a community is a network of people living in the same environment, but with modern day technology this definitional meaning for the phase community is no longer true. Can human interactions exist in Cyber-space? For many the notion that a community can exists in the virtual world is really possible. The article "Virtual community as new form of Community" tells that it is very much possible for people to form community interaction over a computer screen. The net provides a link into topics where people can relate and discuss issues that effect their everyday life. People from their homes connect on line to converse over whatever the topic maybe. The only thing that separates comminute from chat-lines is that community is somewhat a kinship network, which only involves into certain on-line groups. The same ideas are shared and they are usually friendly. The first virtual community came about by scientists using the web too gather information over Inter-net services and to advance findings in research and other messages. Now, the hold notion that communities really do exist holds true by networks offering use of computer mediated communications technology. The hold concept of virtual communities has changed into a multi-billion dollar business. Opening doors for investors to gain numerous amount of profit. Major cooperation's has gain insight on how to involve market strategies to catch people's attention through virtual communities. A debate is over rather virtual communities is real or just a connection network like the telephone. For a community to exist sociologist states that a network must be shared with the same beliefs and values. For example, having a common religion, geographic territory, and a common history. Sociologists believe that information exchange among physical present make a community. The term community has faced a change in operational definition since the early 1950s. This is because the term community is different depending on which context it is being used under. Many sociological definitions of the term community do not rule out that virtual comminutes or group-CMC is a new wave of communities. In conclusion, the term community characterizes so many different definitions. The term virtual community does show that a community can exist within cyber-space.

The issues on virtual communities are a topic that talks about a picture of the future. The time is coming where humans have to live a physical life and a virtual life. To face reality will be a thing of the past. Human interaction will be no more by some standers. I feel that a virtual place can have its benefits. The basic human need is interaction and to some extent without personal interaction personality among humans will have no concrete individuality. Every person needs to be unique in order to live in a reality world. In the virtual world it's just the same, but only displayed over a computer screen. Can a person live and leave a trademark in history on an on-line service. I think so. So many lives are touch with cyberspace technology everyday. The virtual person can leave a virtual present in someone else's life. The only handicap in the virtual world is that humans do not have an interaction that places physical touching by another individual. People now have an option in the way of expressing their inner most desires, and expressing themselves over Chat-rooms, newsgroups, and other types of virtual clubs. In conclusion, I feel that humans and computers will become one. And without the computer people will be placed as an outcast of society.

Summary: The major distinguishes be it rather the virtual community CMC operates on the basis in terms that the existence within a cyber-place operates is called a Virtual Settlement. The defining characteristics in order for a cyber- place (virtual settlement) to exist it must meet a set of conditions. Minimum levels of interaction, variety of communications, level has sustained membership, and a virtual common public space. With these categories a virtual community can operates in a virtual settlement. The condition that humans must interact with one another in any formal community demonstrates the effects among levels of interaction. Many sociologists begin with this notion stating that the primary groups must interact face to face over a certain time span. The only problem is that virtual communities do not interact face to face. For example, the e-mail listed where subscribers receive news is able to interact with one another is considered by most a virtual community.

Varity of Communicators is the second necessary condition of variety communicators. This is and interaction that relates to communicators together that posts their messages to a common public place. The common public place is the home database for potential users. It is understood that virtual communities exist in cyber space. The social relationships exist through repeated contact within a certain place. The issue of virtual community boundaries is a hot topic in Cyber-Psychology. It is said that the first virtual communities resulted in mid 1970s. The on-line bulletin board service (BBS) was associated with the label virtual community because all conditions were met. The over all view of the issue is it impossible to reject the inclusion of common public virtual cyber space. Can conditions be met that excludes the possibility that virtual cyber communities can be formed without a sense of cyber-interaction over a period of time?

The variety of communicators places an operational definition among the term virtual community. I find that the issue states that a common place must be establish in order to fit the virtual community boundary. From my point of view, I believe that more than two people have to interact over a period of time before a common place can between establish. Then and only then can a variety of communicators include themselves as a group? I feel that a social relationship has to take place in cyber space within a certain period of time. I would consider a period of a year or more between more than two communicators to be the right amount of time.

Summary: Archaeology is the study of humanity's past by scientific analysis of the material remains of a culture. This has lead to a new field of study that examines the effects of past cultural relations over the virtual-communities and cyber-cultures. The effects of this study have led to numerous discoveries of past virtual communities and virtual settlements. The significance of Cyber-Archaeology allows for the examination of virtual community. This allows the finding of hierarchies among older virtual communities. It demonstrates the shift in cognitive thinking and behaviors among past virtual communities.

Newsgroups have open details into Cyber-Archaeology. The focus is on the different thought processes humans are capable of responding to. The interaction in newsgroups opens new ideas for better thinking. It can also display negative attitudes. The hold purpose of newsgroups to me is that the person gets to play God for a minute or so. Until someone else display his or her differences in opinion. The study in Cyber-Archaeology looks for these changes in behavioral thinking over a period of time. I think it's important to study people thoughts a decade at a time. And find out how these thoughts effect the world.

I think that I'm not comparing my report with other reports. Rather I was able to view and notice the help past reports presented. I'm glad that I was able to look at past generation's reports and notice the outstanding efforts they put in presenting their web page. I feel that help me most in presenting my report.

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