flipbook assignment (moodle)
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What is a friend?
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friend:(noun) a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. [1]
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FRIEND: (verb) add (someone) to a list of contacts associated with a social networking website. [1]
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“As individuals have needs for inUmacy and companionship, the use of the Internet for communicaUon purposes provides a new venue to meet others and create close relaUonships.” [3]
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RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT: 63.3 % OF ADOLESCENT FRIENDSHIPS BEGIN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 24.1 % OF ADOLESCENT FRIENDSHIPS BEGIN AT SCHOOL
12.6 % OF ADOLESCENT FRIENDSHIPS BEGIN ONLINE [3]
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People who use the internet to begin friendships typically befriend those who resemble themselves (similar lifestyles, likes, dislikes, etc.) [2]
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BUT…
We must sUll consider how that compares to making friends in the offline world. When friends are made at school, in the neighbourhood, or recreaUonal acUviUes, do we not make those friends based on similar interests?
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THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS: on the Internet, you get to decide who you are, what your interests are, and whether you are truthful to reality.
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“Frequent Internet use is more likely to occur among individuals suffering from social anxiety, low self-‐esteem, and lack of sociability.” [3]
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The best part about friendship online is that, if you want to, you can end a conversation, end emotion, end the problem, end the relationship all at the click of a button!!
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Adolescents who engage in higher levels of conflict with their parents are also more likely to form friendships online. [3]
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The internet has become a safe place for adolescents to speak their minds, express themselves, and vent frustrations with not only their current friends but potential and new friends.
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With internet users so young, this practice has become ingrained within our society.
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to access people and “friends” across the world, of different ages, and without the supervision of parental figures.
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If you CAN access friends all around the world, why would you not?
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“Not only are adolescents making new friends in the Internet, but also these friends are changing the extent of similarity in gender and age of their social networks.” [3]
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So now we must ask ourselves: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SOMEBODY’S FRIEND?
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Ridiculously large numbers of online friends, as seen on major social media sites or online social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram make us question the relevance of the term “friendship”. [4]
It is criUcal to disUnguish between the noun and the verb.
“Online friendship is an umbrella name for real friendship and various
degrees of acquaintanceship… only
25% of contacts are recognized as real
friends.” [4]
SO, how did you meet your friends?!
SOURCES:!
[1] "Friend." Dic$onary.com. N.p., 2014. Web. 22 May 2014. <h4p:// dicUonary.reference.com/browse/friend?s=t>.
[2] Amichai-‐Hamburger, Yair, Mila Kingsbury, and Barry H. Schneider.
"Friendship: An Old Concept with a New Meaning?" Computers in Human Behavior 29.2013 (2012): 33-‐39. 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 23 May 2014.
[3] Mesch, Gustavo S., and Ilan Talmud. "Online Friendship FormaUon,
CommunicaUon Channels, and Social Closeness." Interna$onal Journal of Internet Science 1.1 (2006): 29-‐44. Web. 23 May 2014.
[4] Zinoviev, Dmitry, and Vy Duong. "Toward Understanding Friendship in
Online Social Networks." Interna$onal Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society (2009): n. pag. Web. 23 May 2014.
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