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EVERYTHING FOR SALE – NET GENERATION RELATIONSHIPS TRAPS
EVERYTHING FOR SALE – NET GENERATION RELATIONSHIPS TRAPS

Author(s): Irena Pospiszyl
Subject(s): Media studies, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Gospodarki Euroregionalnej im. Alcide De Gasperi w Józefowie
Keywords: commercialization of the self; narcissism; exhibitionist training; emotional exhibitionism;

Summary/Abstract: Adults are anxious about young people’s extremely intense and often non-alternative involvement in the virtual world. Research increasingly shows that adolescents are more likely to interact with their peers in social networks than in face-to-face relationships, and many of the behaviors favored by previous generations have been outclassed and replaced by virtual preferences. Jean Tweenge, who studies the specificity of generations since the second half of the twentieth century, emphasizes that this is a phenomenon that has not happened in any previous generation, from the boomers of the 1960s to. However, when we analyze this phenomenon more closely, it turns out that it was both predictable and inevitable, and yet beyond the adaptation skills of all participants in modern life. The article deals with reflections on the consequences of living in a world dominated by instant messengers. The article aims to draw attention to the threats and traps posed by the constant presence of Internet communication in the development of modern youth.

  • Issue Year: 51/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 186-203
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English