Comments on: private/public http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/16/privatepublic/ Gina's E-learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/16/privatepublic/#comment-80 Giraf87 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:14:27 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/?p=310#comment-80 from Poster's article (pp 148) Joshua Meyrowitz (1985) raised the issue of blurring boundaries between the public and the private (TV), as does Lynn Spiegel (1992). Individuals losing their private realms, and with it, disappears the ethical individual. Individuals lose a sense of separateness from objects and events outside themselves, lose cultural distance that is essential to autonomous, ethical judgement. Through the internet, inter-activity is greatly encouraged, and spaces in which we behave are interchangeable. from Poster’s article (pp 148)

Joshua Meyrowitz (1985) raised the issue of blurring boundaries between the public and the private (TV), as does Lynn Spiegel (1992). Individuals losing their private realms, and with it, disappears the ethical individual. Individuals lose a sense of separateness from objects and events outside themselves, lose cultural distance that is essential to autonomous, ethical judgement.
Through the internet, inter-activity is greatly encouraged, and spaces in which we behave are interchangeable.

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