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The ideas of "on-line" and "off-line" have been Play Trinity generalized from computing and telecommunication into the Car Racing Games To Play Online field of Play Trinity human interpersonal relationships. The distinction between what is considered "on-line" and what is considered Play Trinity "off-line" has become Play Trinity a subject of study in the field of sociology.[7]
The distinction Play Trinity between "on-line" and "off-line" is conventionally seen as the distinction between computer-mediated communication and face-to-face communication (e.g. face time), respectively. "On-line" is Play Trinity virtuality, and "off-line" is Play Trinity reality (e.g. real life or meatspace). Slater states Play Trinity that this distinction is "obviously far too simple". To support his argument that the distinctions in relationships are more complex than a simple "on-line"/"off-line" dichotomy, Play Trinity he observes that some people draw no distinction between an "on-line" relationship, such as indulging in cybersex, Play Trinity and an "off-line" relationship, Play Trinity such as being pen-pals. He Play Trinity also argues that even the telephone can be Play Trinity regarded as an "on-line" experience in some circumstances, and that the blurring of the distinctions between the uses of various technologies (such as PDA and mobile telephone, television and Internet, and telephone and voice-over-IP) has made it "impossible to use the term 'on-line' meaningfully in the sense that was employed by the first generation of Internet research".[7]
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