Meeting people in the internet age

Sydney Quach

Has it hindered or improved our life style?

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Today, we live in a society where internet has allowed us to connect with people all around the world.

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Thus learning about different cultures…

and life styles, outside of our boundaries.

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What was once an issue of communication, has now become an issue of distance.

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Because people now have the ability to meet and interact with people over the

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Most connections are made over popular social media

sites.

Seeing someone with similar interests is often the best way to start a conversation.

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But we have become anonymous in a world where we can meet anyone.

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People who are shy and timid now have an easier way to

make friends.

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“17% of the marriages that took

place in 2013 were couples that met on a dating

site.”

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People who are uncomfortable talking can now type.

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We can think about what we say before someone else can see it.

But we don’t always do.

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And now posting something permanent on the internet has so much more meaning…

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…than saying it out loud.

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But are we loosing the ability to form socialconnections face to face?

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“I call the internet the first social environment created for the asocial individual.” – Lee Siegel

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“We’re designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of

friendship.” – Sherry TurklePhoto by SalFalko (Flickr)

Our generation is learning to rely on the internet.

We are learning not to socialize because we don’t

have to.

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Would shutting down your laptop be so bad?

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Shutting it down and seeing the world for what it is…

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Photo Credits

Images were licensed under Creative Commons on Flickr and sourced or taken personally.

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Reference

http://whatculture.com/technology/10-ways-the-internet-has-changed-the-world.phphttp://vator.tv/news/2014-03-17-25-ways-the-web-has-changed-the-worldhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7477498.stmhttp://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together

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