Space is a condition and a means for social exchanges and relationships to develop. Until the emergence of the Internet space was mainly in the physical dimension, with the Internet and the emergence of social networks, the exchanges of society also passed into a field of a remote space, a virtual space.
In this way, I would like to propose a discussion about the new challenges in understanding and analyzing this new space. How to measure and how to study this new dimension? What new techniques and methods come to understand this phenomenon?
Thank you very much Erick, a very interesting, but equally complex task you with to take up. Maybe the discussion start goes easier with a few guiding questions?
Eberhard Weber You're right, this subject is very vast. One issue that I think is central to us is debating the new techniques to study "social exchanges" in this virtual field.
Since, people are close in social exchanges, but spatially distant how can we better understand this phenomenon?
What is the role of geographers in the face of these new challenges?
If we come to the conclusion that we should study social networks and sharing forums to understand the dynamics of virtual spaces, would the geographer be prepared for this type of study?
Most of the works in this sense are of people who are directly related to information technology, for the simple fact of obtaining a technical knowledge that we do not have.
It's a discussion we'll have to do now or later. You and I are miles apart, but our space has been shortened thanks to a platform. Would it be time for human science to be more technological and to change analytical techniques? Are ancient methods of interaction study obsolete?
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