Distance No Object » private space http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar Gina's E-learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 private/public http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/16/privatepublic/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/01/16/privatepublic/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:08:43 +0000 Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/?p=310 Sassen (1999) quoted in the Bell article explains: ‘powerful corporate actors and high-performance networks are strenghtening the role of private electronic space and altering the structure of public electrnic space.’

I wonder in how far the boundaries between private and public spaces are distinguishable? Even the open tabs on my computer screen are a mash-up, with me switchning between private/public, although the private spaces are mediated via corporate servers (in my case Virgin Media)

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