1. Technology is Redefining
Relationships
By Rachel Orr
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2. The world has never been more
connected
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3. Social media has
broken down time and
distance barriers
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4. Enabling universal
communication anytime and
anywhere
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5. This includes the ability to rekindle old friendships
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And have constant communication with
the ones we love

7. “ Technology is rewriting the rules and
practices that have guided the
development, maintenance and
termination of relationships for eons”
– Jim Taylor
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8. A relationship used to be two friends
spending time together
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9. Or the bond a mother builds with her
child
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10. Now a relationship is based on your
interactions with people online
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11. Source: How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships Image by William Hook
54% of Americans said they would rather
communicate digitally than communicate in person

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The internet is “an electronic drug that
often yanks us away from the physical
world” – Alex Lickerman
Source: The Effect of Technology On Relationships

13. Our virtual
presence is
redefining and
affecting the
quality of our
real
relationships
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14. “Facebook has redefined the idea of a
“friend”- a passive connection with
someone you may or may not know in
real life” - Alicia Eler
Image by Tammy McGarySource: How Technology Changes our Relationships - Alicia Eler

15. But as Eric Schmidt,
the Chairman of
Google said, “it’s
not about your
friend count.”
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“It’s about the
friends you count
on.”
Source: How Our Digital Devices Are
Affecting Our Personal Relationships

16. A romantic relationship is now
defined as official when it is on Facebook
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17. Sharing used to mean lending your
pencil crayons to a friend
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18. Now sharing means posting
information to Facebook
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19. "Human relationships are rich, and they're
messy and they're demanding. And we clean
them up with technology. We sacrifice
conversation for mere connection.”
– Sherry Turkle
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20. This sacrifice is causing real relationships to be
replaced by virtual ones
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21. “We expect more from technology and less from one
another and seem increasingly drawn to technologies
that provide the illusion of companionship without
the demands of relationship” – Sherry Turkle
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22. Technology has brought us closer
together
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23. But is threatening to pull us a part.
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Sources
Is Technology Changing the Way Kids Develop Relationships? – Jim Taylor
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-power-prime/201302/is-technology-changing-the-way-kids-
develop-relationships
How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships – Iris Adler
http://www.wbur.org/2013/01/17/digital-lives-i
The Effect of Technology On Relationships - Alex Lickerman
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/happiness-in-world/201006/the-effect-technology-relationships
How Technology Changes our Relationships - Alicia Eler
http://readwrite.com/2012/03/05/how_technology_changes_our_relationships
The Flight from Conversation - Sherry Turkle
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-
conversation.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0