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Social Interactions in a Digital World
By Brittney Camus
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Connections have been essential to our survival
Technology has changed the way
we connect and interact
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The internet has changed the way in which we date.
1 in 10 internet users have used an
online dating site.
Source: Aaron Smith and Maeve Duggan, Online Dating & Relationships
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“66% of online daters have gone on a date with someone they met through a dating site, and 23% of online daters say they have met a spouse or long term relationship through these sites.”
Source: Aaron Smith and Maeve Duggan, Online Dating & Relationships
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However, dating profiles can be misleading
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Half of online daters have found a profile in which the individual misrepresented themselves
Source: Aaron Smith and Maeve Duggan, Online Dating & Relationships
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Websites and Apps aren’t
just for those searching for
love...
Apps such as Avocado, You &
Me and Between
aim to help couples stay in happy in their relationships
Source: Jenna Wortham, I Had a Nice Time With You Tonight. On the App. Image by: Sam Caplet (via Flickr)
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Social Networking sites help keep
couples and...
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...Families in
touch
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81% of seniors who use social networking sites report socializing with friends or family on a daily basis, compared to 63% of seniors who do not use the internet
Source: Aaron Smith, Older Adults and Technology Use
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Older internet users can use Skype to talk to their children and grandchildren
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Technology has even changed parenting
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“All the boundaries have been broken down. Facebook is constantly sending alerts of what they are up to”
Source: Pamela Paul, Cyberparenting and the Risk of T.M.I
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Parents are trying to find the balance between knowing too much of their child’s online life and knowing too little
Source: Pamela Paul, Cyberparenting and the Risk of T.M.I
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How has the internet changed the way in which we interact with
strangers?
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39% of individuals who use social networking sites have reported
frequently seeing helpful acts on the internet.
Source: Lee Raine et al., The tone of life on social networking sites
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However, 49% of adults and 88% of teens have seen mean or cruel behaviour by other users
on social networking sites
Source: Lee Raine et al., The tone of life on social networking sites
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The anonymity factor
makes people feel like
they can use more
powerful language
Source: Teddy Wayne, On Internet Slang, IMHO
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Technology can bring us together...
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Or tear us apart
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Sources “Cyberparenting and the Risk of T.M.I” by Pamela Paul. The New York Times. 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/fashion/cyber-parents-accessing-perhaps-tmi.html?pagewanted=all “I Had a Nice Time With You Tonight. On the App.” By Jenna Wortham. The New York Times. 2014. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/i-had-a-nice-time-with-you-tonight-on-the-app/ “Older Adults and Technology Use” by Aaron Smith. PEW Research. 2014. http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/03/older-adults-and-technology-use/ “On Internet Slang, IMHO” by Teddy Wayne. The New York Times. 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/fashion/on-internet-slang-imho.html?_r=0 “Online Dating & Relationships” by Aaron Smith and Maeve Duggan. PEW Research. 2013. http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/10/21/online-dating-relationships/ “The tone of life on social networking sites” by Lee Raine, Amanda Lenhart and Aaron Smith. PEW Research. 2012. http://www.pewinternet.org/2012/02/09/the-tone-of-life-on-social-networking-sites/
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