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A computer monitor connected to a network becomes a window through which we can be present in a place thousands of miles away”<ref>(Manovich, 1, 1995). (Source: Kunstforum International. Germany,1995;
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Teleoperation is a method of operating an external object at a distance. Teleoperation is used in the medical industry to allow doctors to remotely operate on patients.  
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“Remote surgery (also known as [[Telesurgery|telesurgery]]) is the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a patient even though they are not physically in the same location. It is a form of [[Telepresence|telepresence]]…It promises to allow the expertise of specialized surgeons to be available to patients worldwide, without the need for patients to travel beyond their local hospital”<ref>(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_surgery)</ref>
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Users of social networks teleoperate each other's walls and social presences while they are far away. The user profiles of Facebook are available to friends worldwide, without the need for friends to travel beyond their local neighborhood, household, or college. This makes Facebook a form of virtual telepresence. Friends teleoperate each other’s walls through text and the addition of images and social tagging. These technosocial operations create digital identities.  
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In the same way, users teleoperate each other’s Facebook walls. They use technological tools to remotely augment each other’s social identities. The personalities of Facebook users are available to friends worldwide, without the need for friends to travel beyond their local neighborhood, household, or college. Facebook is a form of virtual telepresence. Each friend teleoperates each other’s walls through text and the addition of images and social tagging. These technosocial operations cocreate digital identities and the presentation of self in digital life.  
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Actors in the network can interaction with representations of others in real time through the use of cell phones and chat, and in delayed time by Twitter replies, E-mail and profiles.
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The more signals we pass through our computers, the more integrated we become. A computer monitor connected to a network becomes a window through which we can be present in a place thousands of miles away”<ref>Manovich, Lev. Kunstforum International. Germany, 1995; NewMediaTopia. Moscow, Soros Center for the Contemporary Art, 1995.</ref> The more signals we pass through, the more teleoperated our friends become, and the further away and far-spread our communities can actually be. We can have them in the palm of our hand, whether in Germany, Japan or Russia.
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The personal boundary extends into the public. It is not completely translucent, as one chooses how to represent the self online. Avatar, text, link-sharing, ‘following’.
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The more signals we pass through our computers, the more integrated we become. But the more signals we pass through, the more teleoperated our friends become. The further away and far-spread our communities can actually be. We can have them in the palm of our hand, whether in Germany, Japan or Russia.  
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 29 October 2011

Definition

Teleoperation is a method of operating an external object at a distance. Teleoperation is used in the medical industry to allow doctors to remotely operate on patients.

Users of social networks teleoperate each other's walls and social presences while they are far away. The user profiles of Facebook are available to friends worldwide, without the need for friends to travel beyond their local neighborhood, household, or college. This makes Facebook a form of virtual telepresence. Friends teleoperate each other’s walls through text and the addition of images and social tagging. These technosocial operations create digital identities.

The more signals we pass through our computers, the more integrated we become. A computer monitor connected to a network becomes a window through which we can be present in a place thousands of miles away”[1] The more signals we pass through, the more teleoperated our friends become, and the further away and far-spread our communities can actually be. We can have them in the palm of our hand, whether in Germany, Japan or Russia.

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  1. ↑ Manovich, Lev. Kunstforum International. Germany, 1995; NewMediaTopia. Moscow, Soros Center for the Contemporary Art, 1995.
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