Project so far...

My project is going to look at the various ways people stay connected with others and their society through the web. The main debate about people using solely the web to stay connected is if relationships and the way we communicate are becoming more impersonal and anonymous. By anonymous, I mean can you really trust that the person who wrote you really is who they say they are? (Think about the people online who tell young girls that they're 13, when really they can be 47.) This topic is important because if communication is becoming less confrontational and more impersonal, what will happen to our modes of communication in the future? I think that we are extremely dependant on the web for staying connected--either with friends or family, or with staying connected to our world and what is happening. Why would we rather type something to someone rather than just call them on the phone? Are we becoming less confrontational and becoming more scared to actually have a conversation? Instead, we rely on the web to be able to say what we want, be able to edit and perfect it, and be able to stay connected to our world that way.