PSY 1101 Chapter 11: End of chapter 11

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Brenda Baird

Document Summary

How does social networking influence us: as social creatures, we live for connection. The net result: social effects of social networking. Internet connects like minded people social amplifier: provides info and connection in times of social/ personal stress, also dating matchmaker. Have social networking sites made us more, or less, socially isolated: online communication can cause offline relationships to suffer, lonely people tend to spend greater-than-average time online, social butterflies gravitate to face-to-face interactions. Internet has also diversified our social networks: despite the decrease in neighbourliness= strengthening our connections people we already know; stay in touch more, therefore social networks connect us but can also be distracting: Does electronic communication stimulate healthy self-disclosure: self-disclosure: sharing our joys, worries, and weaknesses with others, confiding = healthy way of coping with challenges, online we = less focused on others" reactions+ less self-conscious less.