Epilogue

Abstract

In our contemporary moment, we live intimately with our digital technology: mobile phones, computers, sat navs, games consoles, blackberries, kindles, iphones, and ipods. These digital tools appear to have radically reshaped our culture, changing our conceptions of both time and space by directly connecting us to other users around the globe at high speeds. Our relationship to technology extends well beyond just the desire for immediate information: we access social networking sites where we perform our identities in public. In-person conversations often begin, ‘I saw your status’. People now ask, ‘is your relationship facebook official?’ Acronyms for emotions used in texting, such as lol, omg, and wtf, have entered everyday speech.