A VIRTUAL DEATH AND A REAL DILEMMA

In the article, A VIRTUAL DEATH AND A REAL DILEMMA: Identity, Trust, and Community in Cyberspace by John W. Jordan he talks about deception. Online there are many people who do not blog or write creditable information. The false information that is given to the reader has an aftermath. “Given the ever-increasing use of fear appeals in Internet rhetoric (J. W. Jordan,2000), it is hard to say that we have not been warned about online hoaxes or that we should be particularly shocked when the Internet plays host to deception. (Jordan, 2009, p. 200)” The deception causes a lack of trust. Jordan discusses the false statements that are made by people’s identity that cannot be verified. He then goes over several critical tools and key concepts; to observing the aftermath of the deception, the recipe for deception, and rhetorical communication.  “The rhetorical and social processes that inform all communities similarly relate to on Une interactions, and it is here that community intersects with identity on the Internet. Virtual communities are made, not populated. Users must work together, albeit not always peacefully, to negotiate between individual desires and communal needs. (Jordan, 2009, p. 205)”

I agree with Jordan. People do need to be able to separate between individual desires and communal need. Again, I believe this goes back to online ethics. I feel that blogs should only be used for personal use, not at informative reading that other can be deceived by. Just like a relationship, once a person looses trust it is hard to get back so I can see there being an aftermath to online deception.  This was an interesting article, and feel that if people use values and ethics along with rhetorical communication.