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forcing a change in the nature of interaction, relationships, and friendships.

With the increase in the use of technology and social media, society has undergone a

cultural transformation,

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“We’ve  become  accustomed  to  a  new  way  of  being  “alone  together.””-­‐  Sherry  Turkle.  The  New  York  Times.  April  2012  

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“we are together, but each of us is in our own bubble, furiously connected to keyboards and tiny touch screens.”- Sherry Turkle. !e New York Times. April 2012

“A 16-year-old boy who relies on texting for almost everything says almost wistfully, “Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn how to have a conversation.” ”- Sherry Turkle. !e New York Times. April 2012

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“We can’t get enough of one another if we can use technology to keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right.”- Sherry Turkle. !e New York Times. April 2012

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“We  Expect  More  from  Technology  and  Less  from  Each  Other.”  -­‐  Elizabeth  Bernstein.  The  Wall  Street  Journal.  July  2012  

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“We  must  learn  to  respect  each  other's  style,  yet  draw  boundaries.  If  we  fail,  the  risk  is  we'll  get  so annoyed with  each  other  that  we  won't  communicate  at  all.”-­‐  Elizabeth  Bernstein.  The  Wall  Street  Journal.  July  2012  

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“Once  upon  a  \me,  people  weren't  expected  to  return  a  missed  phone  call”-­‐  Elizabeth  Bernstein.  The  Wall  Street  Journal.  July  2012  

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“Now thanks to our smartphones, it is never OK to be unavailable. Ever. Not for a minute”- Elizabeth Bernstein. !e Wall Street

Journal. July 2012

This expectation of constant connectivity is making some of us crazy with insecurity.  -­‐  

Elizabeth  Bernstein.  The  Wall  Street  Journal.  July  2012  

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We  used  to  think,  “I  have  a  feeling;  I  want  to  make  a  call.”  Now  our  impulse  is,  “I  want  to  have  a  feeling;  I  need  to  send  a  text.”-­‐Sherry  Turkle.  The  New  York  Times.  April  2012  

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“Researchers  have  found  that  Facebook  really  is  altering,  or  at  least  reflec\ng,  new  rela\onship  paferns,  even  how  people  break  up.  Or  more  accurately,  don’t  break  up.”-­‐  Allison  McCann.  BuzzFeed.  October  2012  

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We often Facebook stalk “to reduce some of the uncertainty in relationships.” But the uncertainty can sometimes be the

most exciting part.-­‐  Allison  McCann.  BuzzFeed.  October  2012  

 

“Now no one’s really sure how to act on Facebook before you’re dating and what to do once you are”.- Allison McCann. BuzzFeed. October 2012

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We seem increasingly drawn to technologies that provide the illusion

of companionship without the demands of relationship.- Sherry Turkle. !e New

York Times. April 2012

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!ere is a difference between ones actual friends, accumulated over time and

different phases of your life, and what I call your “content friends.”-­‐  Anthony  Wing  Kosner.  Forbes.  January  2013.    

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Facebook friends are people I actually know. I don’t necessarily agree with (or care about) their taste in music or

food or technology, but I have an affection for them that I want to maintain- Anthony Wing Kosner. Forbes. January 2013. 

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On  Twitter,  very  few  of  the  374  people  that  I  follow  do  I  actually  know  in  person,  but  that’s  not  the  

point.  I  consider  them  my  “content friends.” We’re into the same stuff.-­‐  Anthony  Wing  Kosner.  

Forbes.  January  2013.    

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“Facebook is not about the fact that you have to be really friends with the person (offline), it’s a

way of socializing with people you wouldn’t normally have

contact with”

( Schaefer, Carmen "!e Difference between Facebook Friends and Real Friends: A Case Study."Memeburn

RSS.N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2013.)

“people  use  social  media  to  hang  onto  old  friendships,  he  suggests,  that  will  leave  them  with  less  capacity  to  make  new  ones.”  

(Anders,  George.  "Oxford  Scholar:  Your  1,000  Friends  On  Facebook  Are  A  Mirage."  Forbes.  Forbes  Magazine,  18  July  2012.  Web.  16  May  2013.)  

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S\ll,  the  majority  of  par\cipants  reported  that  overall,  the  benefits  of  the  social  network  outweighed  the  costs-­‐  Tom  Jacobs.  Pacific  Standard.  January  2013.  

Tex\ng  and  e-­‐mail  and  pos\ng  let  us  present  the  self  we  want  to  be.-­‐  Sherry  Turkle.  The  New  York  Times.  April  2012  

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“The  move  from  conversa\on  to  connec\on  is  part  of  this”.-­‐  Sherry  Turkle.  The  New  York  Times.  April  2012  

To  the  new  generation  this  has  always  been  the  culture  of  interaction,  relationships  and  friendships.  (Hanna  Rosen.  The  Atlantic.  March  2013.)  

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Thus  we  cannot Stop the  way  our  culture  is  evolving,  so  It  is  important  to  be aware of  the  changes  and  learn  to  use  them  in  our  advantage.    

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