Relationships and the Internet
The Internet has created the opportunity for people all across the planet to form relationships that can be every bit as personally satisfying as so-called "traditional" relationships. Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and a variety of others have allowed people to engage in relationships through the Internet but Alex Lickerman argues that it can generate problems for people who partake in this activity. In his article "The Effect of Technology on Relationships," he stated, "The problem, however, comes when we find ourselves subtly substituting electronic relationships for physical ones or mistaking our electronic relationships for physical ones." (Lickerman) However, a recently published scientific study has concluded that 21st century society is currently in the process of reconfiguring the way relationships are structured and these reconfigurations "are working alongside offline practices to provide greater choice and opportunity, and in many senses fulfilling an oft-held promise that the Internet will bring people together and increase social (and even romantic) connections." (Hogan 33) Therefore, Lickerman seems to have an older, out of date view of Internet relationships that may come from a time when there was not enough data on the subject and opinions were somewhat skewed against a new and misunderstood technology.
The main point Lickerman attempts to argue in his article is that online relationships are...
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