Digital+world+increases+our+intimacy

=TEDGlobal: 'The democratisation of intimacy'= Anthropologist Stefana Broadbent says that modern communications aren't expanding our circle of friends but are strengthening our most important relationships http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/23/socialnetworking-skype The Guardian newspaper recently reported how individuals, specifically with their most significant and important relationships, are interacting as a result of Skype, facebook and everything else in between and beyond. Potential background reading - debate worthy - for 1.1 Explore how individuals are interacting with the media?????

=**Anthropologists studying the media**= http://johnpostill.wordpress.com/

=Case study: Electric shock therapy in China for internet 'addiction'= 'My mum saw the adverts on television. They demonised the internet and after watching them she believed I was sick' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/14/china-internet-electric-shock-treatment

Possible background reading - debate worthy - for 1.1, 2.X???