A Family that social networks together, stays together.
I speak more to my overseas family more than to local ones who are not electronically linked.
It is just easier and cheaper to talk via VOIP, or to set up a video chat than to try and organise weekly in person visits around everyone else’s schedules. It’s also cheaper to place a VOIP call to Australia than make a cellular or local call to a family member who lives within 5km of me.
A new study has reportedly been done on family life and technology. The results were surprising, concluding that technology actually brought families closer together.
It makes sense to me! In my family we have interlinking interaction via Mxit for those without internet, Facebook, email, sms and when we can we meet up.
When we eventually see each other it doesn’t feel as if it’s been weeks since the last get together.
I can see how even more vital electronic communication can be for families with children, to co-ordinate schedules and to keep in contact throughout the day.
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