How many people are in the average personal network? Like 6 degrees of separation, ideas about the maximum number of stable relationships a person can have are in flux.
How Many Degrees of Separation?
The number of jumps we need to connect with anyone else in the world has dropped from 6 to 4 degrees of separation. And we know this because of Facebook. What has changed since The Small World project in the 60s?
Understanding Media Psychology, Updated
Because we are constantly connected through media, there are uncountable angles to explore how it all affects our lives, society, behavior, relationships … This post touches on the questions: What is media psychology? What do media psychologists do? Where is media psychology headed?
Virtuality in Real Life
Sherry Turkle’s concept of “synthetic” reality strikes me as the perfect explanation for all of the discord in comparing online and offline communities.