... of it being specialised, uniform and standard. Identity would no longer be found in the local community leading on to a 'society of strangers', (Lyon, 1994). If modernity was the product of the Industrial Revolution, maybe it is the Information Revolution that has pushed us into the postmodern era. The development of the communicative society, with the use of the world wide web, television, satellites, mobile telephones and digital web cam devices which have the potential to liberate, might instead be bringing a disintegrative and destructive essence to human relationships. If the postmodern communication experience is leading us into an increasingly fragmented 'community', it might be the base as to what is occurring in LA. The city today must cater for a selection of experiences. But in no way has the local community become closer, as we can see in LA, where the wealthy live in neighbourhoods hidden behind walls, ...

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