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 Friendship in the Internet Age.  write a 5-6 page research paper discussing and debating the topic. The paper must use at least 5 sources.

Friendship in the Internet Age

In the past few years, social commentators have speculated about the illusion of friendship in the age the internet and social networks while others have cited the internet as a means for once isolated persons to become more connected to their friends and community.

 

Write a research paper that discusses if and how the idea of friendship has changed since the development of the internet. Possible issues to be addressed include: Has the internet, especially social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, changed the way we define friendship? If so, how has the definition of a friend evolved? What constitutes friendship in today's internet age? How have our personal relationships developed in the age of social media? What affects have such changes to friendship wrought in society generally