Dr Thomas Dixon brings his major new series on the changing face of friendship to a close with a look at how the old and the young are navigating their friendships today through technologies old and new, and at how friendship might look in the future.
A
group of Birmingham schoolgirls prove themselves thoughtful and
self-aware about how to conduct their friendships online and about the
differences between online and face-to-face friendships. Professor
Deborah Chambers, an authority on social media and personal
relationships from the University of Newcastle, confirms that fears
about children's online friendships with strangers have been
exaggerated.
At the other end of the
life-span, Thomas Dixon speaks with the writer Penelope Lively about
friendship in her ninth decade, and about why she likes to consider
herself part of "the landline generation".
Closing
the series, Thomas Dixon emphasizes the importance of physical touch
and presence for friendship, and presents a final montage of the voices
which have featured throughout the series, sharing stories of their own
friendships.
cyborg: /ˈsaɪbɔːɡ/ (in science fiction stories) a creature that is part human, part machine.
conjure something up
- to make something appear as a picture in your mind. Evoke. E.g. That smell always conjures up memories of holidays in France. He strained to conjure up her face and voice, but they had vanished.
- to make somebody/something appear by using special magic words
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