Social Networking And Social Relationships

At other times, being away from our loved ones was a tragic event. The journey of a loved one was considered almost as the complete loss of this person. If you had a phone, calling turned out to bethe most convenient though expensive way to communicate. So people chose the letters, which were delivered from about two weeks to a month, depending on the destination. Being away from someone was atragedy. But currently, with the internet and the social networks, communicating with others has taken a huge leap. So we should consider one thing, at what point this ease of communication can beconsidered something fatal in these days? When social networks keep us at a distance from one another, instead of helping us connect to each other.

The perfect example of this kind of connectionis Facebook. You have hundreds of people that friend you. You know almost everyone, but most of them even barely see you on a daily basis, or even salute you when they see you at school. So, at whatpoint it became acceptable to have that amount of “friends” without realizing its actual implications? How healthy is that kids start sharing ideas and games trough computers and not in playgroundslike we should? Dr Adams, a professor or sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, says that “friendships don’t have to be equal or close, and we know from research that friendshipsaren’t as voluntary as they seem”, so can we consider these Facebook friends, actual friends when they just like our status or a picture once in a while? Dr. Adams says that “any electroniccommunication where you don not have to be in the same physical space is going to decrease feelings of isolation” But what does this actually means?

People say that Facebook makes them feel better when theyare feeling down; comments of friends encourage their good attitudes and make them feel happy. James Fowler, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego compares our...