Internet culture-free zone

“The borderless world: the internet removes cultural difference. In a carry-over from early visions, the internet is seen as a space where old rules and identities can be left behind. It is viewed either as a culture-free zone, or as a culture in itself” (Hanna & DeNooy, 2004, p. 258).
As more people have access to Internet, cyberspace has the potential to put together groups of people with the similar beliefs and values. It appears that each culture has its ways of communicating and behaving that when viewed in their totality is different from any other cultures. For this reason, it is imaginable that virtually all the cultural differences will be gone; they will develop the same set of common values and views.
Studying and learning new cultures does not indicate that the old culture will vanish into another and form a new one. The cultural differences will continue to be well-built and persevered, with the exception of that the cyberspace interactions will remain culture-free zone. This virtual group of people, who never met face to face, enjoys spending time in cyberspace with one another. They are discussing their cross-cultural differences to understand and accept the diversity and the differences between cultures which in the end make us live a better life in the world.

Hanna, B. E. & DeNooy, J. (2004). Negotiating cross-cultural difference in electronic discussion, 23(3), 257-281. Retrieved May 30, 2008, from the Academic Search Premier database.