I did an online study on Facebook which drew my interest to the characteristics of electronic relationships. Electronic relationships have always fascinated me. I have online accounts at Linkedin, Facebook and Myspace. All my online classes provide different things. However, according to the study the number one reason why people join these websites is to meet people. Relationship development online is something where people involved in the relationships “overestimate one another’s attractiveness.” On Facebook there are pictures that people can browse in addition to online conversations. Disinhibition is when people feel like they have the freedom to express “our emotions in a nonnormative way.”
One thing I failed to accomplish in my study is to capture these two concepts. As it seems there is a reason why online relationships are more appealing to people than face to face interaction. I believe it’s easier for people to be social online but I think there is a reason why people have social anxiety. It’s because they don’t practice enough.
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