Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The End of Geography or The Explosion of Place?

This article discusses the convergence of computers with digital communications and media technologies to create cyberspace. Cyberspace is a place where multi-media skein of digital networks is changing into a social, cultural, and economic ways of life. The internet is just a vehicle in the place we call cyberspace. When I think about the end of geography I don't think of the actual physical geography I consider it to be the idea of geography. For instance when you search the internet for different things you are going places in cyberspace. It may not feel like you are actually traveling but you are moving through a place in the vehicle called the internet to different locations within the internet, this concept of moving is becoming less and less common, when people go into cyberspace it doesn't feel like you are going somewhere because it is not a physical place but it is a metaphorical place. These locations have now become the link to your social life, with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and so on. These location have become your source of entertainment with sites like Hulu and Netflix. Many people don't understand that when the serf the internet they are travelling to different locations in cyberspace and in the place of cyberspace can you understand the concept of creating new technologies.

Question: How do you think that geography will change as cyberspace continues to grow and develop?

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