America's sense of community has not been lost due to the digital age, but redefined for the times

America's sense of community has not been lost due to the digital age, but redefined for the times.

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Shopping

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Just about anything can be purchased online!





Music

Movies

Clothing

Groceries




Thanks to retailers like iTunes and Amazon, you can read reviews from actual people before you buy an item, and

also see recommended/similar items they have purchased as well!


Communication




Text messages have become the social norm, replacing phone calls and often

face to face interaction.





Social Networks have become the new “water cooler” for staying connected and sharing ideas.


Learning


While traditionally learning is done in a classroom setting in an educational institution, full of your neighborhood friends and family. Thanks to the internet, not only can we go to college online, but primary school as well.




Thanks to sites like instructables.com and YouTube, gone are the days when we would have to read manuals or boring texts to learn how to do something. Instead, we can now just look it up and have it explained by someone knowledgable on the subject.




Shopping, communicating and learning have all been redefined in the digital age. The lasting relationships that were once founded in your local community can now be established with people through a network of gloal connection

and instant updating.


Accepting that America’s community has shifted from an analog to a digital form and embracing it will make you feel connected again. Building relationships is not limited to face to face interaction anymore!


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America's sense of community has not been lost due to the digital age, but redefined for the times