Families of the new millennium: designer babies, cyber sex and virtual communities

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Title: Families of the new millennium: designer babies, cyber sex and virtual communities
Author(s): Gilding, Michael
Abstract: This article is about the relationship between technological change (the 'Third Industrial Revolution') and the transformation of the family. In particular it considers three new expressions that highlight the connection between new technologies and family 'designer babies', 'cyber sex' and 'virtual communities'. It explores what these expressions tell us about changing family forms, and how families might change in the future.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Source: Family Matters, No. 62 (2002), pp. 4-10
Publication year: 2002
Keyword(s): Cybersex; Designer babies; Family; Social change; Social constructs; Technological change; Third Industrial Revolution; Virtual communities
Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies
ISSN: 1030-2646
Publisher URL: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/pubs/fm2002/fm62.html
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