Blog Post Intro
Hello, my name is Sebastian, and I am a fourth-year Communications/Cultural Studies student. For this post, I wanted to discuss social media relationships/friendships. Interestingly, this generation has normalized the concept of making friends on various social media platforms but, more commonly, has used social media to maintain relationships that would otherwise be dormant. For example, I met two siblings in Punta Cana while on vacation with my cousins in 2017. They are from Pennsylvania, and had it not been for connecting on social media; we would not have stayed in touch with them. Over the last 5 years, we have spoken on birthdays and congratulated each other on significant life events, such as Graduation, birthdays, personal accomplishments etc. Without social media, relationships like this were not typically kept up and did not stay very consistent. I find it quite interesting that we have found ways to stay connected, while being so far apart from one another. Discussion: Is th...
