Concept information
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social psychology
interpersonal relationships
human relationships
creating and maintaining closeness
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micro-interactionist theory
social interaction
human relationships
creating and maintaining closeness
Preferred term
internet and social connectedness
Definition
- When Internet-based communication technologies, such as e-mail and chat, became available to the general public in the 1990s, it was widely assumed in both academic and popular literature that these technologies would reduce people's social connectedness. Social connectedness refers to the relationships that people have with others in their environment (e.g., friends, family members, and neighbors). [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Internet and Social Connectedness]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/internet_and_social_connectedness
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