There are a lot of negative things said about social media but there are a lot of positive things as well. Social media has opened a new door to people who are too shy to make friends face to face. It allows people to put away the awkwardness of going up to someone and introducing yourself and putting yourself out there. Websites like Make Friends Online help people break out of there shell and create relationships online.
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In the future I think it will relatively stay the same where people build relationships online as well as in the real world. I think with new social media sites popping up every day, everyone can find someone to be friends with. They can join clubs on line and forums that allow people to talk and discuss things they love.
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Hi Sarah. Thank you for this post. I enjoyed reading your blog about The Benefits of Social Media and Friendships. You made some key points that social media allows people to be less shy by putting themselves out there online. While this is true, on the flip side I believe there is a decline in intimate friendships. In the article 'Social media affecting teens concepts of friendship, intimacy', Patricia Greenfield an UCLA developmental psychologist states, "Instead, many young people now derive personal support and affirmation from "likes" and feedback to their postings.
ReplyDeleteThe whole idea behind intimacy is self-disclosure. Now they're doing self-disclosure to an audience of hundreds."
As mentioned in the article, people are not getting a sense of social support from being on the phone. Rather they are getting their support from larger networks by having a sense that their audience is large or their friend list is large. This shows that in the future people will connect less and less outside and more so on their smart phones and behind a screen.
To relate to this comment please check out this link to a video regarding Rewiring Children's Minds.
By: Marcin Sajda
Hi Sarah. I really enjoyed your blog this week. I have to agree with you when you say that social media allows teens to express themselves especially if they are very shy. Those awkward moments where they do not know what to say and stand there looking to the ground because they have a loss of words can become embarrassing therefore I feel like social media is a help tool for that problem. I looked up this website that has benefit to Facebook friends. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00367.x/full
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