Presence in Cyberspace Article:

The article notes that it takes a certain degree of familiarity with surroundings to identify one's self in an environment. It talks about how Cyberspace lacks both smell and touch but a feeling of environment is created by the visual sensation of the computer screen window and what color and design is within the space. Growing up with computers from a pretty young age, I feel like I have never put thought into the mechanics of the environment created by Cyberspace. The article made me think of certain sites such as Facebook, when it talked about familiarity and interactivity. I tend to check Facebook first when logging onto the Internet, maybe because I am familiar with it and crave the degree of interactivity it provides with people I am familiar with outside of Facebook as well. I found it interesting, because it provoked me to think about why I check the sites that I do so often compared to those I check less often and why I personally crave those Cyberspace environments.