Alan Sondheim (November 12, 1998)

Alan Sondheim presents an introduction to his research on Internet culture. Sondheim discusses the email list as a new form of global community. He stresses the role of subjectivity on the Internet, the use of feigned identities, and the socio-dynamics of living online. Sondheim discusses the body and its representations on the Internet, and explores the notions of online public and private space. Sondheim introduces the topic of “imaginary architecture.” He discusses the new conceptions of space online. He documents the use of control mechanisms and ordering systems in this new framework. Sondheim argues for the consideration of the new roles for gender online.