digital communications and relationships

Question 1

positive impacts

Answer 1

• can learn about yourself on virtual world to help in real world
• can be connected to whoever they want
• feels nice whe you recieve reassuring texts
• can control what you say

Question 2

negative impacts

Answer 2

• phones are psychologically powerful and can change who you are
• phones are distracting in school and work
• people prefer to be on phones rather than talk to each other
• forget how to have a conversation
• sacrifice conversation for online connections
• bad for understanding mand learning about each other

Question 3

digital communications enable people to maintain existing relationships

Answer 3

• ‘the facebook effect’ Miller
• relationships have the chance to become more meaningful as people have access to them all the time
• lets family and friends keep in touch instantly

Question 4

digital communications enable people to make new personal relationships

Answer 4

• carter found that virtual worlds enable new relationships to be formed
• expands peoples social networks
• online and inperson relationships are equally important
• lowers barriers of dating for people with low self esteem to create a relationship before meeting
• dating apps like bumble increase the chances. of findign the one
• online communities like mumsnet allow people like mums to share information

Question 5

digital communications enable people to make new professional relationships

Answer 5

• social network can help secure a well paying job
• linkedin lets people develop new professional relationships
• collect useful social contacts

Question 6

People’s offline relationships suffer as a result of time spent online

Answer 6

• Digital devices distance us from each other
• ‘Alone together’
• Reduces quality time spent
• Clayton found twitter can damage offline relationships
• Infidelity or divorce
  *** Palmer **argues ‘toxic childhood’
• Increased time children spend on screens

Question 7

The quality of online relationships may not be very high

Answer 7

• Granovetter
• Weak ties and strong ties
• Facebook friend is weak tie
• Superficial and weak friendship

Question 8

People may enter into negative relationships online

Answer 8

• Baudrillard
• Difficult to tell real from fake
• Catfishing
• Tricked into giving money to a fake identity
• Youngsters more vulnerable