This article focuses on definition and characteristics of cyberspace. Cyberspace, a concept that belongs to virtual space, is made with the help of computer and electronic technologies, and lots of communication and cultural phenomena are occurring in...
This article focuses on definition and characteristics of cyberspace. Cyberspace, a concept that belongs to virtual space, is made with the help of computer and electronic technologies, and lots of communication and cultural phenomena are occurring inside the space. Cyberspace has following features: 1) It is physically non-existence in real world, but it does not mean 'no exist in everywhere.' It is another reality, not mirroring or copying of the real world. 2) It has accessibility and mobility, but it excludes poor and uneducated people. 3) It is composed of texts that are full of meaning and has non-linear, dimensional hypertext features. 4) It is easy to watch and control. Some incidents, occurred in cyberspace, is a good example to show the characteristics of cyberspace.