C Y B E R C U L T U R E

Cyberculture is a term that is emerging for the use of computer networks, but... What is computer networks? A computer network is a collection of computers and devices interconnected by communications channels that facilitate communications among users and allows users to share resources. After knowing what computer networks is, we can continue talking about cyberculture.

Cyberculture is also the study of various social phenomena associated with the Internet and other new forms of network communication, such as online communities, online multi-player gaming, and email usage.

There are several studies about cyberculture. these explain the identity of this way of life.

these are some characteristics that define its idetity:

Cyberculture, like culture in general, relies on establishing identity and credibility. However, in the absence of direct physical interaction, it could be argued that the process for such establishment is more difficult.

How does cyberculture rely on and establish identity and credibility? This relationship is two way, with identity and credibility being both used to define community in cyberspace and to be created within and by online communities.

In some senses, online credibility is established in much the same way that it is established in the off line world, however, since there are two separate worlds, it is not surprising that there are both differences in the mechanisms found in each and interactions of the markers found in each.