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Technology is Redefining Relationships
By Rachel Orr
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The world has never been more connected
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Social media has broken down time
and distance barriers
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Enabling universal communication anytime and anywhere
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This includes the ability to rekindle old friendships
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And have constant communication with the ones we love
“ Technology is rewriting the rules and practices that have guided the development, maintenance and
termination of relationships for eons” – Jim Taylor
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A relationship used to be two friends spending time together
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Or the bond a mother builds with her child
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Now a relationship is based on your interactions with people online
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Source: How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships Image by William Hook
54% of Americans said they would rather communicate digitally than communicate in person
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The internet is “an electronic drug that often yanks us away from the physical
world” – Alex Lickerman
Source: The Effect of Technology On Relationships
Our virtual presence is
redefining and affecting the quality of our
real relationships
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“Facebook has redefined the idea of a “friend”- a passive connection with
someone you may or may not know in real life” - Alicia Eler
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But as Eric Schmidt, the Chairman of Google said, “it’s not about your friend count.”
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“It’s about the friends you count
on.”
Source: How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships
A romantic relationship is now defined as official when it is on Facebook
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Sharing used to mean lending your pencil crayons to a friend
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Now sharing means posting information to Facebook
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"Human relationships are rich, and they're messy and they're demanding. And we
clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.”
– Sherry Turkle
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This sacrifice is causing real relationships to be replaced by virtual ones
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“We expect more from technology and less from one another and seem increasingly drawn to technologies
that provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of relationship” – Sherry Turkle
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Technology has brought us closer together Image by Anika Thomas
But is threatening to pull us a part.
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Sources
Is Technology Changing the Way Kids Develop Relationships? – Jim Taylor http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201302/is-technology-changing-the-way-kids-develop-relationships
How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships – Iris Adlerhttp://www.wbur.org/2013/01/17/digital-lives-i
The Effect of Technology On Relationships - Alex Lickermanhttp://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201006/the-effect-technology-relationships
How Technology Changes our Relationships - Alicia Elerhttp://readwrite.com/2012/03/05/how_technology_changes_our_relationships
The Flight from Conversation - Sherry Turklehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0