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Are these Relationships Real?

Cartoon "Facebook Friends" by Jerry King

| | Watch Facebook, Friendship, and the Search for Real Community, a lecture at Cornell University by cultural sociologist Felicia Wu Song (author of "Virtual Communities: Bowling Alone, Online Together"). She examines the social and cultural effects of the Internet on community, identity and the public sphere. Start the video at 5 minutes if you want to skip the lengthy introduction.
| | Facebook, Friendship, and the Search for Real Community

Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy

Transcript for Stefana Broadbent talk on TED site here.

"Our friends become fans, and we become brands."

- Sherri Turkle, from the book Alone Together

Are Facebook Friends Real Friends? by Kari Henley, Huffington Post, March 2009.
Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? by Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, May 2012.