‘Friendship and other discomforts’ was the theme of this year’s Book Week. Tellingly, friendship is dismiss as something that may no longer be easily achiev or maintain, and perhaps even as something we no longer feel comfortable with. Where does this change in perspective come from? Or: has there perhaps been no shift and has friendship always had a certain uncomfortable dimension?
Social mia offers less intimacy
Professor of new mia and social studies Sherry Turkle sees clearly disturbing changes as a result of the advent of social mia. In her ukraine phone number list latest book ‘Alone Together’, a preview of which can be read here, she argues that the possibilities we have to be constantly connect to others make us all the lonelier.
Even though we have over 200 friends on Facebook and 300 contacts on Twitter, with whom we can share everything at any time, Turkle says that this still doesn’t offer the deep comfort that a real-life friendship can: “Technology gives us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.” Our social mia connections offer less intimacy, precisely because of the control they give us over what we share and how far we want to keep people at a distance.
True friendships threaten
But, Turkle argues, these superficial contacts not only exist alongside ‘real’ friendships, they also negatively influence them. Not only do we spend more and more time communicating via social mia; when we do actually meet up with our friends, we always have our mobile american samoa business directory phones at the ready. We have gone from multitasking to multilifeing , Turkle says. Moreover, she argues, not only is our depth of intimacy and friendship affect by the ability to be in constant contact via social mia, the possibility of being alone is also jeopardiz.
A self-reflection, to recharge and rejuvenate, is becoming less and less common discovering the new iphone 16 pro If our me-time (and who doesn’t know someone these days who simply cannot be alone?), what are the consequences?