the age of digital relationships

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The Age of Digital Relationships By Nathan MacTavish

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Services like Facebook are showing our

personal lives to broader audiences

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47.4% of Canadians are

using social media once per

month. Source: Michael Oliviera (The Globe and Mail)

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Canadians sent 78 billion text messages in 2011Source: Huffington Post

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The internet is connecting more people, creating non-stop online

relationships

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Want to meet up…?

…better text first

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You can’t just show up at someone’s doorstep anymore

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Although you may still be connected

while you are apart…

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…no matter where or when…

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…through multiple generations…

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…the need for constant connection is hurting physical conversations

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People are even now wearing headphones to work, avoiding conversation

Staying connected can have consequences…

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Constant connectio

n can lead to

tension

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What you post or text is instantaneous…

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…often with unreadable emotion…

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…so you better watch what you

say.

Talking face-to-face can even make you happier

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U.S. researchers found that key emotion-linked hormones …responded in potentially beneficial ways when the girls talked over a stressful event with their mothers compared to when they texted about it. Source: Maureen Salamon (US News)

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So I say, look up, look at one another, and let’s start the conversation

-Sherry Turkle