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Benia Nowak
Benia Nowak

This document examines the definition and nature of friendship in the digital age. It discusses how adolescents are forming more friendships online through social media and outlines some of the key findings from research on online friendship. While online friendships allow for greater connectivity, they also raise questions about what constitutes a real friendship and how truthfulness and identity are presented virtually. The boundaries between online acquaintances and true friendships require further consideration.

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Image via Flickr: Amanda Venner h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/8wwpTx What is a friend?
Image via Flickr: wolfgangfoto h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/4DYHtX 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]
Image via Flickr: Michael Simmons h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/NPC3h FRIEND: (verb) add (someone) to a list of contacts associated with a social networking website. [1]
Image via Flickr: Garry Knight h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/bER864 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]
Image via Flickr: Chris Dlugosz h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/4YCwnW 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]
Image via Flickr: Asha ten Broeke h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7DVVRT People who use the internet to begin friendships typically befriend those who resemble themselves (similar lifestyles, likes, dislikes, etc.) [2]
Image via Flickr: Kerry Sanders h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/obBTE BUT We must sUll consider how that compares to making friends in the o鍖ine world. When friends are made at school, in the neighbourhood, or recreaUonal acUviUes, do we not make those friends based on similar interests?
Image via Flickr: Joel Cooper h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/9tL5J 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.
Image via Flickr: Wendell h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/6LaB7f Frequent Internet use is more likely to occur among individuals su鍖ering from social anxiety, low self-足 esteem, and lack of sociability. [3]
Image via Flickr: jaci Lopes dos Santos h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/84ATAp 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!!
Image via Flickr: Caro Wallis h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7stNaj Adolescents who engage in higher levels of conflict with their parents are also more likely to form friendships online. [3]
Image via Flickr: Marco h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/dcH7rX 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.
Image via Flickr: Jean-足Pierre Dalbera h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/5aZhk8 With internet users so young, this practice has become ingrained within our society.
Image via Flickr: Royce Bair h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7icRw2 These users are able to access people and friends across the world, of di鍖erent ages, and without the supervision of parental 鍖gures.
Image via Flickr: epSos .de h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/8vVqqW If you CAN access friends all around the world, why would you not?
Image via Flickr: Renato Ganoza h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7QYtpH 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]
Image via Flickr: Stefan Baudy h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/ wTgzo So now we must ask ourselves: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SOMEBODYS FRIEND?
Image via Flickr: Marco Pakoeningrat h4ps://鍖ic.kr/ p/4DmkbS 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$onary.com. N.p., 2014. Web. 22 May 2014. <h4p:// dicUonary.reference.com/browse/friend?s=t>. [2] Amichai-足Hamburger, Yair, Mila Kingsbury, and Barry H. Schneider. "Friendship: An Old Concept with a New Meaning?" Computers in Human Behavior 29.2013 (2012): 33-足39. 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 23 May 2014. [3] Mesch, Gustavo S., and Ilan Talmud. "Online Friendship FormaUon, CommunicaUon Channels, and Social Closeness." Interna$onal Journal of Internet Science 1.1 (2006): 29-足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. Image via Flickr: Paulo Otavio h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7qBgkT

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Flipbook assignment (moodle)

  • 1. Image via Flickr: Amanda Venner h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/8wwpTx What is a friend?
  • 2. Image via Flickr: wolfgangfoto h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/4DYHtX 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]
  • 3. Image via Flickr: Michael Simmons h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/NPC3h FRIEND: (verb) add (someone) to a list of contacts associated with a social networking website. [1]
  • 4. Image via Flickr: Garry Knight h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/bER864 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]
  • 5. Image via Flickr: Chris Dlugosz h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/4YCwnW 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]
  • 6. Image via Flickr: Asha ten Broeke h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7DVVRT People who use the internet to begin friendships typically befriend those who resemble themselves (similar lifestyles, likes, dislikes, etc.) [2]
  • 7. Image via Flickr: Kerry Sanders h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/obBTE BUT We must sUll consider how that compares to making friends in the o鍖ine world. When friends are made at school, in the neighbourhood, or recreaUonal acUviUes, do we not make those friends based on similar interests?
  • 8. Image via Flickr: Joel Cooper h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/9tL5J 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.
  • 9. Image via Flickr: Wendell h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/6LaB7f Frequent Internet use is more likely to occur among individuals su鍖ering from social anxiety, low self-足 esteem, and lack of sociability. [3]
  • 10. Image via Flickr: jaci Lopes dos Santos h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/84ATAp 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!!
  • 11. Image via Flickr: Caro Wallis h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7stNaj Adolescents who engage in higher levels of conflict with their parents are also more likely to form friendships online. [3]
  • 12. Image via Flickr: Marco h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/dcH7rX 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.
  • 13. Image via Flickr: Jean-足Pierre Dalbera h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/5aZhk8 With internet users so young, this practice has become ingrained within our society.
  • 14. Image via Flickr: Royce Bair h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7icRw2 These users are able to access people and friends across the world, of di鍖erent ages, and without the supervision of parental 鍖gures.
  • 15. Image via Flickr: epSos .de h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/8vVqqW If you CAN access friends all around the world, why would you not?
  • 16. Image via Flickr: Renato Ganoza h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7QYtpH 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]
  • 17. Image via Flickr: Stefan Baudy h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/ wTgzo So now we must ask ourselves: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SOMEBODYS FRIEND?
  • 18. Image via Flickr: Marco Pakoeningrat h4ps://鍖ic.kr/ p/4DmkbS 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.
  • 19. Online friendship is an umbrella name for real friendship and various degrees of acquaintanceship only 25% of contacts are recognized as real friends. [4]
  • 20. SO, how did you meet your friends?! SOURCES:! [1] "Friend." Dic$onary.com. N.p., 2014. Web. 22 May 2014. <h4p:// dicUonary.reference.com/browse/friend?s=t>. [2] Amichai-足Hamburger, Yair, Mila Kingsbury, and Barry H. Schneider. "Friendship: An Old Concept with a New Meaning?" Computers in Human Behavior 29.2013 (2012): 33-足39. 26 Aug. 2012. Web. 23 May 2014. [3] Mesch, Gustavo S., and Ilan Talmud. "Online Friendship FormaUon, CommunicaUon Channels, and Social Closeness." Interna$onal Journal of Internet Science 1.1 (2006): 29-足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. Image via Flickr: Paulo Otavio h4ps://鍖ic.kr/p/7qBgkT