this article was written a couple of months ago and discusses the use of facebook as a way to research people's interaction with eachother and the perceptions of them on the internet. the main question is: "do birds of a feather flock together, or do you become more like your friends?"
in terms of answering this question, i think that there has to be an initial common interest, a couple similar feathers, in order to even initiate a friendship or other relationship. once those sorts of similarities exist, there is room for people to become more like each other. being introduced to something new that relates to an original common interest is a way this happens.
any thoughts?
(click the title for the link.)
3 comments:
This one of those parents don't understand articles. I feel the who wrote the article is not being very open minded to today's time. People rely on the computer and the technology that come with as a form of communication. Its weird when you ask a person if they have a myspace or did they meet this person on a site like myspace they give a delayed response as if they are ashamed that they have one. People look at it as desperate but some don't have the means to meet people from outside of your surroundings so why not use the internet to let your thoughts explore the world out there. Psychology does not solve everything let people live a little and not over analyze everything.
I totally agree with the previous comment. Internet and technology got into our everyday life. It is almost impossible to imagine modern society without online communication. I personally am not comfortable socializing in the internet YET. But it is something that I will get used to it one day.
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