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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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