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Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
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On the Non-Autonomy of the Virtual

Jeff Malpas

University of Tasmania, Australia, Jeff.Malpas{at}utas.edu.au

Much contemporary talk of virtual 'worlds' proceeds as if the virtual could somehow be considered as in competition with or as an alternative to the world of the 'nonvirtual' or the 'everyday'. This article argues that such a contrast is fundamentally mistaken, and that the virtual is not autonomous with respect to the everyday, but is rather embedded within it, and an extension of it.

Key Words: everyday • reality • technology • virtuality

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol. 15, No. 2, 135-139 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1354856508101579
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