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HOW THE RELATIONSHIPS OF FRIENSHIP ARE CHANGING WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. HELPING US EXTEND OUR WORLD TOWARDS 2030

HOW THE RELATIONSHIPS OF FRIENSHIP ARE CHANGING WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. HELPING US EXTEND OUR WORLD TOWARDS 2030

 Written by: Shamninder Sahota


The Trends in the use of social media have changed the friendship dynamics amongst our youth already and it will still be impacting friendships in 2030. The evolution of social media has given our youth the opportunity to be able to extend and choose to connect with people all over the world according to their objects of attention, “object of attention: adolescents can select whom they listen to and whom they address” (Chambers, 2018, p.85, para.2). The youth today is able to take an informed decision on extending their social circle outside of their schools and close proximity area, called Hangout spots “The social interactions occurring at school spill over and extend into social media contexts and then extend back to offline spaces. As a consequence, online and offline friendship-driven practices cannot be treated as separate worlds”(Chambers, 2018, p.88). 

An online survey was conducted among US adults in December 2008 and January 2009 for the use of social media users  and it also showed that as physical appearances and physical proximity not playing the major role in online interactions and friendships, makes it easier for the more introverted people and persons facing anxiety, who are more likely to be able to assuage their real-world isolation (Correa & et.al., 2010).

I will further our discussion on the role of social media on friendships in 2030 in further posts. I would like to find about how social media is replacing real-life interactions.


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REFERENCES:

Chambers, D. (2018). Social Media and Teenage Friendships. In Social media and personal relationships online intimacy es and networked friendship(pp. 82–101). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Correa, T., Hinsley, A. W., & Zúñiga, H. G. D. (2010). Who interacts on the Web?: The intersection of users’ personality and social media use. Computers in Human Behavior, 26(2), 247–253. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.09.003  

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