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TOO MUCH CONNECTION?
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BY TRISTAN ZENG
TWITTER HAS 269 MILLION ACTIVE USERS
500 MILLION TWEETS PER DAY
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Google + IS RACKING UP LARGE NUMBERS OF NEW USERS
IT NOW CAN BOAST 359 MILLION ACTIVE USERS
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FACEBOOK IS NOW AT 1.06 BILLION MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
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IF FACEBOOK WERE A COUNTRY IT WOULD BE THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WORLD, BEHIND ONLY CHINA AND INDIA
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FACEBOOK SAW 57% GROWTH IN MOBILE MONTHLY USERS
THIS NUMBER EXCEEDED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
USING IT ON DESKTOPS ON A DAILY BASIS
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We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.
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We are together, but each of us is in our own bubble, furiously connected to keyboards and tiny touch screens.
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THE LITTLE DEVICES MOST OF US CARRY AROUND ARE SO POWERFUL THAT THEY CHANGE NOT ONLY WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO WHO WE ARE.
By UltraSlo1
Self-presentation becomes more important than self-representation in constructing identity online.
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Texting and e-mail and posting let us present the self we want to be. We can edit. And if we wish to, we can delete.
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USERS CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE AN IMAGE THAT OMITS SOME FLAWS OF WHICH THEY BELIEVE OTHERS WILL DISAPPROVE OR DEEM INAPPROPRIATE.
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We have high accessibility to so many people, and we’re choosing breadth over depth and a
virtual world over the real world.
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NEARLY 40% OF AMERICANS NOW SPEND MORE TIME SOCIALIZING VIA THE INTERNET THAN THEY DO IN REAL LIFE.
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It seems that over time we stop caring, we forget that there is a difference, between connection and conversation..
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But connecting doesn’t work as well when it comes to
understanding and knowing one another.
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IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS ONLY THROUGH A COMPUTER YOU ARE LOSING THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION.
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A reliance on virtual world communications could lead to a deficiency in real world abilities.
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WE EXPECT MORE FROM TECHNOLOGY AND LESS FROM ONE ANOTHER, AND…
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Seem increasingly drawn to technologies that provide the
illusion of companionship without the demands of relationship.
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Not too long ago, people walked with
their heads up, looking at the
water, the sky, the sand and at one
another, talking...
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Now they often walk with their heads down, typing.
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SOURCES • hSp://www.nyUmes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-‐flight-‐from-‐conversaUon.html?pagewanted=all
• hSp://ca.ign.com/arUcles/2013/05/02/report-‐google-‐bigger-‐than-‐twiSer-‐with-‐359-‐million-‐acUve-‐users
• hSp://www.businessinsider.com/google-‐plus-‐is-‐outpacing-‐twiSer-‐2013-‐5 hSp://www.academia.edu/1878518/IdenUty_ConstrucUon_on_Facebook
• hSp://fuseduluth.blogspot.ca/2013/01/conversaUon-‐vs-‐connecUon.html
• All images from Flickr CreaUve Commons