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The illusion of transparency in cyberspace

On the surface, the Internet offers a tool for instantaneous communication in real time across boundaries of time, place, age and culture. Linking up to a chat line with thousands, perhaps even millions of users could create the sensation of potentially being allowed into the lives of strangers from across the world. The anonymity and informality of online communication lead one to expect the relative absence of the barriers and inhibitions associated with everyday interaction. The envisaged outcome of such unrestricted communication is a transparent global online community in which nostalgia for a sense of belonging and closeness would be satisfied (cf Robins 2000:87-88).