But first, let's first settle on some terms. I'm not particularly thrilled by that term either, because video conferencing on the Internet surely allows people to present their faces to each other. Well, I've already given away my preference for a term, as you've probably guessed - unless you let the title of this article slip right by you. So it seems like a term that safely falls outside the realm of cyberspace. It conjures up feelings of place, location, and spatial interaction.
People do indeed experience cyberspace as containing places where they go and meet others.
Rather than highlighting the fact that cyberspace is controlled by computers, I like to emphasize instead that it is a psychological and social space. With terms in hand, we're back to the showdown. In the sequels to this article, let's explore how IPR and CSR compare on each of these senses. Best Good Fair Poor John Suler, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Rider University and a practicing clinical psychologist. He has published on psychotherapy, mental imagery, and eastern philosophy.