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To: ~digs who wrote (17)	6/28/2004 3:12:18 AM
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Julian Dibbell's "A Rape in Cyberspace" juliandibbell.com How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society first published in The Village Voice, December 23, 1993 synopsis: situation takes place in the early days of a chatroom-like-platform an obnoxious man virtually rapes participants participants debate what to do w/ the man he is eventually banished from platform creator initiates a democratic way to deal w/ future offenders offender re-emerges w/ new screen name article basically touches on the indefinite nature of the internet ... how real life contrasts with virtual reality .... make believe scenarios constructed by text can bring about real emotion ... a-hole can hurt the mind but not the physical body quote worth pondering... Only with time and the acquisition of a fixed character do players tend to make the critical passage from anonymity to pseudonymity, developing the concern for their character's reputation that marks the attainment of virtual adulthood.

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