Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet Export

@book{citeulike:197297, abstract = {Sherry Turkle is rapidly becoming the sociologist of the Internet, and that's beginning to seem like a good thing. While her first outing, <i>The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit</i>, made groundless assertions and seemed to be carried along more by her affection for certain theories than by a careful look at our current situation, <i>Life on the Screen</i> is a balanced and nuanced look at some of the ways that cyberculture helps us comment upon real life (what the cybercrowd sometimes calls RL). Instead of giving in to any one theory on construction of identity, Turkle looks at the way various netizens have used the Internet, and especially MUDs (Multi-User Dimensions), to learn more about the possibilities available in apprehending the world. One of the most interesting sections deals with gender, a topic prone to rash and partisan pronouncements. Taking as her motto William James's maxim "Philosophy is the art of imagining alternatives," Turkle shows how playing with gender in cyberspace can shape a person's real-life understanding of gender. Especially telling are the examples of the man who finds it easier to be assertive when playing a woman, because he believes male assertiveness is now frowned upon while female assertiveness is considered hip, and the woman who has the opposite response, believing that it is easier to be aggressive when she plays a male, because as a woman she would be considered "bitchy." Without taking sides, Turkle points out how both have expanded their emotional range. Other topics, such as artificial life, receive an equally calm and sage response, and the first-person accounts from many Internet users provide compelling reading and good source material for readers to draw their own conclusions.}, address = {New York}, author = {Turkle, Sherry}, citeulike-article-id = {197297}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&amp;path=ASIN/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&amp;path=ASIN/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684833484/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0684833484}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0684833484&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-9 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0684833484}, comment = {'Sherry Turkle':http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/www/ neste livro investiga o comportamento das pessoas frente ao computador e como este t\^{e}m provocado transforma\c{c}\~{o}es nas nossas identidades, quem podem ser mudadas, reconstru\'{\i}das, multiplicadas e simuladas atrav\'{e}s dos meios digitais. Seriam essas novas formas de manifesta\c{c}\~{a}o individual simples brincadeiras sem maiores conseq\"{u}\^{e}ncias ou transforma\c{c}\~{o}es identit\'{a}rias significativas, proporcionadas pela vida atrav\'{e}s da tela do computador? O que seria esta nova individualidade quando multi-facetada, simulada? Que tipo de comportamentos teria? Estar\'{\i}amos vendo ruir as fronteiras entre o virtual e o real? Seremos, cada vez mais, v\'{a}rios num s\'{o} eu? S\~{a}o algumas perguntas que o livro tenta responder. A autora procura refletir o computador na busca de entender como este interage nos paradigmas sociais e em que momento da experi\^{e}ncia on-line parece ser real, vivo e inteligente. Confronta o pensamento linear (moderno) que tende a consider\'{a}-lo como uma super-m\'{a}quina de fazer c\'{a}lculos com o n\~{a}o-linear (p\'{o}s-moderno) onde o computador \'{e} visto como um poderoso meio de simula\c{c}\~{a}o. O livro de Turkle \'{e} um bom exemplo de como t\'{e}cnicas etnogr\'{a}ficas (on-line e tradicional) podem se complementar e se fundir a outras metodologias para gerar um trabalho de grande f\^{o}lego.}, day = {04}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0684833484}, keywords = {ciberantropoloagia, ciberespaco, computer-mediated\_communication, comunidades\_virtuais, cyberanthropology, cyberspace, etnografia\_on-line, internet, projeto\_tese, projeto\_tese\_bc, projeto\_tese\_ssc, sandwich\_portugal, virtual\_communities}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2008-06-07 21:42:59}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Simon \& Schuster}, title = {Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0684833484}, year = {1997} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:197297 L3 - citeulike-article-id:197297 N2 - Sherry Turkle is rapidly becoming the sociologist of the Internet, and that's beginning to seem like a good thing. While her first outing, <i>The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit</i>, made groundless assertions and seemed to be carried along more by her affection for certain theories than by a careful look at our current situation, <i>Life on the Screen</i> is a balanced and nuanced look at some of the ways that cyberculture helps us comment upon real life (what the cybercrowd sometimes calls RL). Instead of giving in to any one theory on construction of identity, Turkle looks at the way various netizens have used the Internet, and especially MUDs (Multi-User Dimensions), to learn more about the possibilities available in apprehending the world. One of the most interesting sections deals with gender, a topic prone to rash and partisan pronouncements. Taking as her motto William James's maxim "Philosophy is the art of imagining alternatives," Turkle shows how playing with gender in cyberspace can shape a person's real-life understanding of gender. Especially telling are the examples of the man who finds it easier to be assertive when playing a woman, because he believes male assertiveness is now frowned upon while female assertiveness is considered hip, and the woman who has the opposite response, believing that it is easier to be aggressive when she plays a male, because as a woman she would be considered "bitchy." Without taking sides, Turkle points out how both have expanded their emotional range. Other topics, such as artificial life, receive an equally calm and sage response, and the first-person accounts from many Internet users provide compelling reading and good source material for readers to draw their own conclusions. SN - 0684833484 AD - New York TI - Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet PB - Simon & Schuster KW - ciberantropoloagia KW - ciberespaco KW - computer-mediated_communication KW - comunidades_virtuais KW - cyberanthropology KW - cyberspace KW - etnografia_on-line KW - internet KW - projeto_tese KW - projeto_tese_bc KW - projeto_tese_ssc KW - sandwich_portugal KW - virtual_communities N1 - 'Sherry Turkle':http://web.mit.edu/sturkle/www/ neste livro investiga o comportamento das pessoas frente ao computador e como este têm provocado transformações nas nossas identidades, quem podem ser mudadas, reconstruídas, multiplicadas e simuladas através dos meios digitais. Seriam essas novas formas de manifestação individual simples brincadeiras sem maiores conseqüências ou transformações identitárias significativas, proporcionadas pela vida através da tela do computador? O que seria esta nova individualidade quando multi-facetada, simulada? Que tipo de comportamentos teria? Estaríamos vendo ruir as fronteiras entre o virtual e o real? Seremos, cada vez mais, vários num só eu? São algumas perguntas que o livro tenta responder. A autora procura refletir o computador na busca de entender como este interage nos paradigmas sociais e em que momento da experiência on-line parece ser real, vivo e inteligente. Confronta o pensamento linear (moderno) que tende a considerá-lo como uma super-máquina de fazer cálculos com o não-linear (pós-moderno) onde o computador é visto como um poderoso meio de simulação. O livro de Turkle é um bom exemplo de como técnicas etnográficas (on-line e tradicional) podem se complementar e se fundir a outras metodologias para gerar um trabalho de grande fôlego. AU - Turkle, Sherry PY - 1997/09/04/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0684833484 ER -