With the vast increase in technology, the number of ways that the use of cybertechnology impact the personalities are also increasing. Many of the social scientists has proofs for this. One incident, in the 1980s, that quickly caught their attention involved a male psychologist who joined an online forum for disabled persons, where he identified himself as a woman who had become crippled as a result of an automobile accident. Mitch Parsell (2008) describes the Internet as a \"powerful new force\" for what he calls \"the manufacture of identity.\" He believes that this technological medium offers an unparalleled ability to create ourselves in our own image. It gives users an unprecedented capacity to determine their initial presentations to others.In short, it enables users to be masters of their identity. Now when we talk about Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing: Cybertechnology as a \"Medium of Self-Expression\" Sherry Turkle (2005) notes that by the mid-1980s, computers had become an \"evocative object\"—i.e., an object that \"provoked self- reflection.\" Turkle suggested that a computer could be viewed as a model for analyzing and constructing one\'s identity. She also noted that the computer has become a medium through which people could discover their personal identity; for example, computers provide a context in which individuals can try out different cognitive styles and different methods of problem solving to ultimately discover which style or method they prefer. Because people develop their own unique style of computing, Turkle argues that the computational environment becomes an extension of themselves, in much the same way that their manner of dress is an extension of their personality. So, in her view, a computer can function as a \"medium for self-expression\" as well as for \"self-discovery. Impact of cybertechnology on Sense of Self We have examined some effects that one\'s interactions in virtual or computer-mediated environments, including MOOs and MUDs, can have for one\'s personal identity. 2 main factors are: our relation to nature, our relation to (and sense of place in) the universe. Williams notes that in the aftermath of these milestones, we have a much humbler view of our place in the universe than our ancestors did. How, exactly, has cybertechnology also has influenced the way that we see ourselves in relation to both the factors—i.e., how has this relatively recent technology already begun to define us as human beings? To support Bolter\'s thesis that we have come to see ourselves more and more in computer-like ways, we have only to reflect for a moment on some of the expressions that we now use to describe ourselves. For example, Bolter points out that when psychologists speak of \"input and output states of the brain,\" or of the brain\'s hardware and software, they exemplify Turing\'s men. And when cognitive psychologists study the \"mind\'s algorithm for searchi.

1. With the vast increase in technology, the number of ways that the use of cybertechnology impact
the personalities are also increasing. Many of the social scientists has proofs for this.
One incident, in the 1980s, that quickly caught their attention involved a male psychologist who
joined an online forum for disabled persons, where he identified himself as a woman who had
become crippled as a result of an automobile accident.
Mitch Parsell (2008) describes the Internet as a "powerful new force" for what he calls "the
manufacture of identity." He believes that this technological medium offers an unparalleled
ability to create ourselves in our own image. It gives users an unprecedented capacity to
determine their initial presentations to others.In short, it enables users to be masters of their
identity.
Now when we talk about Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for
Ethical Computing:
Cybertechnology as a "Medium of Self-Expression" Sherry Turkle (2005) notes that by the
mid-1980s, computers had become an "evocative object"—i.e., an object that "provoked self-
reflection." Turkle suggested that a computer could be viewed as a model for analyzing and
constructing one's identity. She also noted that the computer has become a medium through
which people could discover their personal identity; for example, computers provide a context in
which individuals can try out different cognitive styles and different methods of problem solving
to ultimately discover which style or method they prefer. Because people develop their own
unique style of computing, Turkle argues that the computational environment becomes an
extension of themselves, in much the same way that their manner of dress is an extension of their
personality. So, in her view, a computer can function as a "medium for self-expression" as well
as for "self-discovery.
Impact of cybertechnology on Sense of Self
We have examined some effects that one's interactions in virtual or computer-mediated
environments, including MOOs and MUDs, can have for one's personal identity.
2 main factors are:
our relation to nature,
our relation to (and sense of place in) the universe.
Williams notes that in the aftermath of these milestones, we have a much humbler view of our
place in the universe than our ancestors did.
How, exactly, has cybertechnology also has influenced the way that we see ourselves in relation
to both the factors—i.e., how has this relatively recent technology already begun to define us as
human beings?
To support Bolter's thesis that we have come to see ourselves more and more in computer-like

2. ways, we have only to reflect for a moment on some of the expressions that we now use to
describe ourselves. For example, Bolter points out that when psychologists speak of "input and
output states of the brain," or of the brain's hardware and software, they exemplify Turing's
men. And when cognitive psychologists study the "mind's algorithm for searching long-term
memory," or when linguists treat human language as if it were a programming code, they, too,
are "Turing's men." Psychologists and cognitive scientists who suggest that the human mind is
like a computer in that it "encodes, stores, retrieves, and processes information" are also, in
Bolter's view, Turing's men.
Not only do we think of ourselves in computer-like terms but we also describe many objects and
events in our environment in the language of computer technology:
we consider the manager chairing a business meeting who requests that a specific topic on the
agenda be discussed "off-line" instead. Finally, what should make of the cartoonist whose
illustration of an expectant mother includes a caption in which she complains about having to
wait 9 months to "download her baby"? You can probably think of some other ways that we
also invoke computer-like metaphors to describe our world.
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With the vast increase in technology, the number of ways that the use of cybertechnology impact
the personalities are also increasing. Many of the social scientists has proofs for this.
One incident, in the 1980s, that quickly caught their attention involved a male psychologist who
joined an online forum for disabled persons, where he identified himself as a woman who had
become crippled as a result of an automobile accident.
Mitch Parsell (2008) describes the Internet as a "powerful new force" for what he calls "the
manufacture of identity." He believes that this technological medium offers an unparalleled
ability to create ourselves in our own image. It gives users an unprecedented capacity to
determine their initial presentations to others.In short, it enables users to be masters of their
identity.
Now when we talk about Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for
Ethical Computing:
Cybertechnology as a "Medium of Self-Expression" Sherry Turkle (2005) notes that by the
mid-1980s, computers had become an "evocative object"—i.e., an object that "provoked self-
reflection." Turkle suggested that a computer could be viewed as a model for analyzing and
constructing one's identity. She also noted that the computer has become a medium through
which people could discover their personal identity; for example, computers provide a context in
which individuals can try out different cognitive styles and different methods of problem solving

3. to ultimately discover which style or method they prefer. Because people develop their own
unique style of computing, Turkle argues that the computational environment becomes an
extension of themselves, in much the same way that their manner of dress is an extension of their
personality. So, in her view, a computer can function as a "medium for self-expression" as well
as for "self-discovery.
Impact of cybertechnology on Sense of Self
We have examined some effects that one's interactions in virtual or computer-mediated
environments, including MOOs and MUDs, can have for one's personal identity.
2 main factors are:
our relation to nature,
our relation to (and sense of place in) the universe.
Williams notes that in the aftermath of these milestones, we have a much humbler view of our
place in the universe than our ancestors did.
How, exactly, has cybertechnology also has influenced the way that we see ourselves in relation
to both the factors—i.e., how has this relatively recent technology already begun to define us as
human beings?
To support Bolter's thesis that we have come to see ourselves more and more in computer-like
ways, we have only to reflect for a moment on some of the expressions that we now use to
describe ourselves. For example, Bolter points out that when psychologists speak of "input and
output states of the brain," or of the brain's hardware and software, they exemplify Turing's
men. And when cognitive psychologists study the "mind's algorithm for searching long-term
memory," or when linguists treat human language as if it were a programming code, they, too,
are "Turing's men." Psychologists and cognitive scientists who suggest that the human mind is
like a computer in that it "encodes, stores, retrieves, and processes information" are also, in
Bolter's view, Turing's men.
Not only do we think of ourselves in computer-like terms but we also describe many objects and
events in our environment in the language of computer technology:
we consider the manager chairing a business meeting who requests that a specific topic on the
agenda be discussed "off-line" instead. Finally, what should make of the cartoonist whose
illustration of an expectant mother includes a caption in which she complains about having to
wait 9 months to "download her baby"? You can probably think of some other ways that we
also invoke computer-like metaphors to describe our world.