According to Baudrillard (1998), digital media have put people in the position of having to rebuild cultures from the ashes of the “dead signs” of the “real” world. But, as it turns out, these new signs are not that much different from the old ones. So, Baudrillard predicts, in a short time “virtual communication’’will become “real communication” again, as people begin to realize that their bodies are as much a part of creating signs as are their minds. Paradoxically,Baudrillardgoesontoquip,thecomputerwillengenderadesire to “re-embody” communicationand interaction,that is, to get people to literally talk to each other with the voice.