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Does Social Media Hinder or Enhances Interpersonal Relationships?
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Does Social Media Hinder or Enhances Interpersonal Relationships?
Over the last decade, social media has become omnipresent within the entire society. For its obvious reason of keeping people connected, it has been perceived that this widespread of social media will enhance communication among people and boost interpersonal relationships. However, the truth is much far from that, and in fact, the widespread use of social media hinders and acts as a deterrent to good interpersonal relationships. Intensified use of social media alienates individuals from one another, dilutes communications intended to build interpersonal relationships and `contributes to building up of depression that deters good relationship with people around.
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In order to make a quality argument that illustrates how social media hinders interpersonal relationships, it is imperative to establish a relationship between social media and interpersonal relationship (Leonardi, Huysman and Steinfield 2013). This can be achieved by defining each of this phenomenon. To begin with, social media is an Internet-based application or messenger that creates a platform over which people can engage in communication
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