WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Print ISSN: 1790-0832, E-ISSN: 2224-3402
Volume 9, 2012
Post Intelligent City Development and Hyperrealism of E-Community in Malaysia
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Abstract: The explosion of ICT infrastructure has produced two main products which are the development of both intelligent city as well as the development of E-Community. The development of intelligent city is a micro concept to the development of a global city, global town or a city that world class. Development of E-Community on the other hand is a micro concept to the development of informative society or a global informative society. The development of E-Community is right now moving towards the era of post intelligent city from the usage of ICT and cyber-spaces making the factors of space, time, borders and time to shrink. This also evident during the era of post intelligent city where the question of digital divide has become inconsiderably less thought about because of the increase of ICT access among residents. What has happened is that the issue of digital opportunity has risen where man is considered as homo intelligence that is free to adapt, diffuse and innovate ICT based on their needs. The social effects happened due to the hyperreality phenomenon that is molded by culture due to cyberimperialism of the west especially to this side of the region. The phenomenon of digital opportunity exists due to the foundations of McLuhanism that is famous for the concept of global village and also the foundations of Gateism famous for the digital concept. From the thought point of view these phenomenon of digital opportunity has developed the thoughts of hyperrealism that varies among e-communities within intelligent cities. In relation to that, hyperrealism thoughts is divided into a few sections which includes hypercare, hypercommodity, hyperconsumption, hypermarket, hypersensibility, hypersexuality, hyperspace and hypercyberethics. All these hyperrealism thoughts can affect the community positively and negatively to the development of intelligent city and e-community. Therefore, this paper will look to discuss the positive and negative aspects of all the thoughts of hyperrealisms among the community after 10 years of development in Putrajaya using descriptive analysis.