With most social media sites catering to a wide range of friends, from the best of friends people you may have never even met in person or are barely acquaintances with, deep and meaningful friendship is simply not put in the forefront of sites like Facebook or Twitter. ... On sites such as Myspace or Facebook, the list of friends and friends of friends is potentially infinite; although this may seem like a relatively positive change in how teens communicate, it can lead to the blurring of the line between friend and acquaintance (Subrahmanyam, Greenfield, 2009). ... Besides the apparent issue...

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You are now part of a community of likeminded individuals who could be situated anywhere around the globe. ... This kind of liberation or role-play can find meaning in Microsoft's slogan, "Where do you want to go today?" From the Real to the Virtual Another consideration is the social effects of steadily becoming more detached from the realities of the real world, such as when moving from a diverse community to a community consisting of only like-minded people in cyberspace. ... When like attracts like in concentrated groups, the ideas of minority groups such as anorexic girls, extrem...

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In the face of Roderigo's urgent persuasions, Violenta claims to be "a maidwho knows the the true estimation of virtue" and counters his dramatic claims of death by simply stating, "You very eloquently tell me you shall die if I continue unkind; but I very plainly tell your Lordship, that I must perish if I prove otherwise: since I know it will be impossible for me to live after the loss of my honor" (146). ... Though sexual chastity may have been considered an entity "whose price was inestimable" it certainly was not above being traded like a material commod...

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She lives with a mother who is single is very poor and can't afford to by cool clothes, a mobile phone or an iPod like most of her classmates, she is also in receipt of free school meals. ... Stephanie's peer group behaves like a fan group. ... Stephanie has come to understand that Christina is obviously not the norm of how a person may look like to show up to school, therefore does not want to associate and singles her out. ... The teacher within the case study has the opportunity to make use of her authority over Stephanie, however, it states that the teacher simply diverts the nam...

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