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GOMEZ CRUZ, Edgar; ARVIZU REQUENA, Claudia  e  GALINDO NUNEZ, Alma Celia. Notes on Reality as Theoretical Framework for the study of Computer-Mediated Communication. Andamios [online]. 2005, vol.2, n.3, pp. 159-174. ISSN 1870-0063.

The understanding of concepts from daily life set up on transformations of the New Technology of Information and Communication, mainly because of the virtual interaction on private spaces. According to this argument, the authors discuss about the concepts of Time and Space as a starting point for the meaning of Reality, and briefly reviews Computer-Mediated Reality (CMR) studies. It inquiries the contradiction between reality and virtuality. A continuum among these concepts is proposed and illustrated by: Computer-Mediated Reality (CMR).

Palavras-chave : New technologies of information and communication; reality; virtuality; Computer-Mediated Reality.