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Is electronic communication taking the place of real Friendship

by Theresa Stevens on January 5th, 2009 • 14 Comments »

I have a friend who moved to California about five years ago. She was a very good friend, but with the huge distance separating us we’ve kind of lost touch. A few weeks ago, she sent me an email to wish us a Merry Christmas, and I sent one back. Last night, I was playing around on my Blackberry and I noticed she was online with Google Talk. I sent her a message and proceeded to have a 30-minute electronic conversation with her. We got caught up on what’s been going on in our lives in the last year (that …

Electronic Communication, Technology