Individualization, individuality, interiority, and the Internet: Japanese university students and e-mail BRIAN J . M CV EIGH

What does the explosion of e-mailing and Web surfing via cellular phones in Japan tell us about the relationship between the individual, social norms, and technology? What does their coming together produce? A cornucopia of choices, an abundance of information, and freedom from time and space? Or, are there certain parameters of Internet use shaped by the very nature of psychology and social expectations?