LA CYBERCOMMUNICATION ET LA QUESTION DE L’IDENTITÉ VIRTUELLE – AVANTAGES ET DÉSAVANTAGES DANS LA CONSTRUCTION DES RAPPORTS SOCIAUX SUR INTERNET
LA CYBERCOMMUNICATION ET LA QUESTION DE L’IDENTITÉ VIRTUELLE – AVANTAGES ET DÉSAVANTAGES DANS LA CONSTRUCTION DES RAPPORTS SOCIAUX SUR INTERNET

Summary/Abstract: Communication has always represented one of the basic pylons in the evolution of social interaction. With the advent of computer age, the interest for this social dimension has led to language changes that were inconceivable before. Internet allowed us to surpass the borders of space and time, and this was an essential step in the development of a new type of interaction: the cybercommunication. Language had thus to adapt to this new environment in order to compensate the absence of those extralinguistic and paralinguistic elements that are common in face-to-face interaction. This has lead to the birth of a new type of written language: Netspeak. Nonetheless, in spite of the graphic innovations, the virtual identity remains a problem in online interactions, frequently causing unexpected reactions from the users. One of the difficulties resulting from this impossibility to verify the identity of the speakers is emphasized through the expression of verbal violence. Starting from this topic, we will try and see how the verbal identity on the Internet helps building and/or destroying social interaction online.

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