Mémoire humaine et expérience de soi par le Web

Overview & Synopsis

Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) devices have an impact on the self-representation. A reading of this process by referring on the Lakoff & Johnson's conceptual metaphor is presented. Interaction via user profiles structure back the self-represen¬tation. In the first part, we introduce the notion of conceptual metaphor applied to the field of hypermedia and highlight the structural similarities of the digital representation of self and self-representation in thought constructed in the interpretation process. In the second part, the interactive link between these three levels is examined: it strengthening the contiguity between the different levels of abstraction of the concep¬tual metaphor. The third part is the presentation of the metaphor of the profile.