Introduction

This book illustrates the process of mediated dialogue in a digital age. It shows that culture and self-like society and identity are conceived as mutually inclusive and demonstrates how technology is able to create a new form of dialogue that is very personal and very public at the same time.

Article Summaries

The first article shows that culture and self-like society and identity are conceived as mutually inclusive. Then, it looks at how technology is able to create a new form of dialogue that is very personal and very public at the same time. The third paper explores education. Next, SMS—a medium of communication—is covered. The last two papers focus on television, which is seen as a "social space" that offers a variety of possible self-images through audience discussion programs, its participants, and the disclosure of private stories and historical changes in the notion of space.