2. “We are experiencing a ‘triple revolution’
wrought by the advent of broadband
Internet access, social networks, and
mobile technologies.”
Image
by
ebayink
(Flickr)
-‐
Lee
Rainie
&
Barry
Wellman,
Networked:
The
New
Social
OperaGng
System
3. “The mutually reinforcing and accelerating nature of these
technologies is shifting the center of gravity in how we
organize as a society.”
Image
by
Capt'
Gorgeous
(Flickr)
-‐
Lee
Rainie
&
Barry
Wellman,
Networked:
The
New
Social
OperaGng
System
4. Institutions—both formal, such as schools, and informal, such as families
—were once at the center of our societies.
Image
by
shannonrossalbers
(Flickr)
-‐
Lee
Rainie
&
Barry
Wellman,
Networked:
The
New
Social
OperaGng
System
5. Now each of us, with our smartphones, is connecting across and within
institutional boundaries.
Image
by
woohoo_megoo
(flickr)
-‐
Lee
Rainie
&
Barry
Wellman,
Networked:
The
New
Social
OperaGng
System
6. Image
by
niallkennedy
(Flickr)
Internet users continue to spend
more time with social media sites
than any other type of site. – Nielson, The
Social Media Report 2012
7. “Where we once organized our communities, work, family,
educational, and governance systems around institutions…
Image
by
afagen
(Flickr)
8. …we are increasingly navigating the world as connected
individuals.”
Image
by
lestaylorphoto
(Flickr)
-‐
Lee
Rainie
&
Barry
Wellman,
Networked:
The
New
Social
OperaGng
System
13. Thirty-two percent of online adults age 65+ use social
networking sites, presumably to stay in touch with their friends,
children and grandchildren.
-‐
PEW
Internet:
Social
Networking
Image
by
spieri_sf
(Flickr)
14. While social
networking can
expand and
strengthen the
social ties that
people maintain in
the offline world, it
cannot replace
them.
-‐ Cheryl
Coyle
&Heather
Vaughn,
Networking:
CommunicaGon
RevoluGon
or
EvoluGon?
Image
by
Daniel
CJ
Lee
(Flickr)
16. The need to bond emotionally with others in
‘social networks’ was studied by Harlow in 1958.
Image
by
sixintheworld(Flickr)
-‐
Harry
Harlow,
The
Nature
of
Love
17. Image
by
WinterMuteCreaGons
(Flickr)
Today, there is much speculation about the
meaningfulness of human interactions
created by social media.
18. “We live in an accelerating contradiction:
the more connected we become, the lonelier we are.
Image
hQp://afishoutofgrimsby.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/cast-‐away-‐wilson-‐volleyball1.jpg
-‐
Stephen
Marche,
Is
Facebook
Making
Us
Lonely?
”
19. “It is clear that social interaction matters. Loneliness and being alone are
not the same thing, but both are on the rise…
Image
by
arjayempee
(Flickr)
20. We meet fewer
people. We gather
less. And when we
gather, our bonds are
less meaningful and
less easy.”
-‐
Stephen
Marche,
Is
Facebook
Making
Us
Lonely?
Image
by
DaveOnFlickr
21. The question of the future is this:
Is Social Networking part of CONNECTING or ISOLATING?
Image
by
Daniel_Iversen
(Flickr)
22. The answer will depend
Image
by
Royal
Sapien
(Flickr)
on how we use
these
technologies.
23. “Facebook is merely a tool and like any tool, its effectiveness will
depend on its user.”
-‐
John
Cacioppo,
as
cited
in
Stephen
Marche,
Is
Facebook
Making
Us
Lonely?
Photo
by
felishumanus
(Flickr)
25. “…but the very MAGIC of the new machines, the efficiency and elegance with
which they serve us, obscures what isn’t being served: everything that
matters.”
-‐
Stephen
Marche,
Is
Facebook
Making
Us
Lonely?
26. “What Facebook has
revealed about human
nature—and this is not a
minor revelation—is that a
CONNECTION is not the
same thing as a BOND.”
Image
by
gem
fountain
(Flickr)
-‐
Stephen
Marche,
Is
Facebook
Making
Us
Lonely?
27. Image
by
javiervb
(Flickr)
CONNECTED or ISOLATED?
In this age of networked individualism, it is our choice. Wisely used, online
connections can strengthen bonds we already have…but used alone, can
lead us on an isolated path.
Photo
By
Kelsey
Ra6e
