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A closer look at the online social life and its impact on offline relationships. Internet safety has become an extremely pertinent issue in a world all to familiar with problems of identity theft, abductions, hacking, and even violent crimes resulting from information readily available - and offered - on the internet. As our lives grow more hectic each day, the convenience of technology has brought forth a new world of social media and networking. Friendships are found and relationships formed literally on opposite sides of the world, and as technology continues to grow and expand to more mobile devices, mixed reviews are heard over the noise of clacking keyboards and beeping i-phones, and we are suddenly forced to become technologically savvy to gain a better understand of the potential dangers and tremendous opportunities available and ever expanding on the World Wide Web.

But just how does the internet affect our personal relationships? The online social networks have basically reconfigured the way the young and old seek and consider online and face to face friendships. Have we become so familiar with the anonymity of online friendships and relationships that we tend to place an equal or greater value on unseen friends over the more intimate and rewarding face to face relationship? What does the future hold for the new social generation? The following video will give us an idea of what is to come.

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The other three pages on this site provide an abundance of information to make us more aware of privacy and security issues, cyber-bullying and predators, and copyright protection that can be found online, so the following presentation is intended to make our followers think about how online activity can impact our real life personal and social circles. As the world and technology continues to evolve to more advanced techniques, let's take a more personal look at how our assumedly accepted practices can seem bold and brazen in face to face encounters.

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And of course, there is so much more information on internet relationships, online dating, and social networks, so I have several articles that provide research on the subjects of online and offline friendships, relationship satisfaction, online personals, and even cyber-cheating for some who may have experienced the ultimate betrayal by an online friend.