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The Age of Digital Relationships By Nathan MacTavish
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Services like Facebook are showing our
personal lives to broader audiences
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47.4% of Canadians are
using social media once per
month. Source: Michael Oliviera (The Globe and Mail)
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Canadians sent 78 billion text messages in 2011Source: Huffington Post
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The internet is connecting more people, creating non-stop online
relationships
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Want to meet up…?
…better text first
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You can’t just show up at someone’s doorstep anymore
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Although you may still be connected
while you are apart…
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…no matter where or when…
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…through multiple generations…
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…the need for constant connection is hurting physical conversations
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People are even now wearing headphones to work, avoiding conversation
Staying connected can have consequences…
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Constant connectio
n can lead to
tension
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What you post or text is instantaneous…
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…often with unreadable emotion…
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…so you better watch what you
say.
Talking face-to-face can even make you happier
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U.S. researchers found that key emotion-linked hormones …responded in potentially beneficial ways when the girls talked over a stressful event with their mothers compared to when they texted about it. Source: Maureen Salamon (US News)
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So I say, look up, look at one another, and let’s start the conversation
-Sherry Turkle