This sentence clearly classified the black women into one specific category “low culture” forms of representation. The term indicates the insignificance of black women either from historical or social background, signaling the underlying class distinction and gender discrimination in the cyberspace.

the result of an individual being recognized for their ‘otherness’ or deviance from the norm.

Public’s confidence in Google actually creates a suitable environment for the further popularization of biased arguments. Due to the condition that these statements are usually covered with a “neutral” appearance, people blindly follow the information instead of considering the authenticity and objectivity of messages.

As for the users, they post queries in a search box out of personal curiosity. On the contrary, the responses replied by the internet are more complicated and associated with various factors, like intentional advertising and commercial purpose. Therefore, the communication itself is asymmetrical, while users are not the ones who have the initiative in hands.

The analogy here actually compares the language saying “reverse anal fuck” and the one depicting “a five-star hotel waiter offer a napkin.” It’s apparent that the two actions are different in essence: the former is a sexual behavior which is non-normative in daily conversation, while the later is an exquisite service, underlines the elegance and the position of the person. “Disorienting reading to my English mind” means the author stands from an English perspective and indicates the discrepancy between the type of language in describing the two circumstances. Is it an implication of orientalism?

Besides depicting the history, current state of operation, and service provided, author also points out the serious problems directly: lack of users’ age requirement and the occurrence of child pornography (illegal in some countries).

“commercially available” not only means boy-love comics created a trend at the beginning of 1980s, but also reveals a public recognition towards this type of artistic work. The publishers will not promote the publications unless adequate audience acceptance has been accumulated. Therefore, two websites addressed can be deemed as a reflection of social phenomenon rather than an exception.

Unlike other internet-related research papers which concentrate on technology, a new concept has been raised: location. This reading paid close attention to two websites that are prevalent among Japanese women and made cross-cultural comparison between the condition in Japan and the one in Western countries. The concrete and horizontal contrast highlights the importance of considering general background when discussing one specific aspect.

Through the concrete depiction of the lens and the laser lights, we are able to deduce that Hiro is in a virtual world with advanced devices, as the cutting-edge camera almost let him to immerse himself into the circumstance.

Besides taking a free ride, why does the Kourier distract the Deliverator?

The writer presents the story in a futuristic style. In this setting, all the equipment can be activated automatically, without any manual assistance. The sense of science and technology featured the book as a product which strides across the physical time and space.

Deliverator's personal anecdote directly represents the characteristic that the cyberpunk society is opposed to capitalism. He was fired because he violated the benefit of the vice-chancellor’s family, no matter the arrest was righteous or not.

The contrast is sort of ironic: white middle-class people deceived the delivery men for the purpose of receiving a free pizza. This sort of fraudulent behavior conflicts with the buyers’ social status to a great extent, but many still choose to do so.

Instead of being a complete invention, a portion of the scenarios in cyberpunk story actually related to the ongoing issues in the society. Generally, it’s a genre which sometimes discloses, or even magnifies the potential dark side under the appearance.

The sexual and marital relations are most fitting between people of opposite sex.

Why does a positive relationship less frequently exists in families of subjects who stands at a marginalized position?

How do we interpret the phrase "digital subjecthood"?

Identity tourism “cuts across the axes of gender and race,” so even players with distinct background can be masqueraded as Asian females. Their descriptions and behaviors greatly influence the overall image of the female characters and won’t be easily erased since “some forms of racial passing are condoned if they do not threaten the integrity of national sense.” The “national boundaries” has been blurred, but in a way of losing authenticity.

Identity tourism means people can reform and revise their identity, particularly cultural and ethnic identities.

Cyberspace is the “latest comer to the array of electronic entertainment media,” so the figure of male Asian characters has been molded and deeply infiltrated into the recognition of the users. The game settings enabled players to disguise themselves as the oriental male regardless of their true identities in the real world. Therefore, the stereotypical label gradually intensifies, and the non-stereotyped identity barely appeared. In my impression the word “stereotype” is usually pejorative. I’m wonder if in this context, “stereotype” only refers to a fixed idea rather than a tendency in attitude.

Like what we mentioned in the zoom call on Thursday, people’s understanding of the internet depends on what they think and care about. Instead of paying attention to the truthfulness of information, they are more focused on user experience. The cyberspace allows players to enjoy the freedom of speech because they don’t need to be responsible for it, but ultimately it is a tool for recreation and excitement.