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The paper discusses some of the positive as well as the negative aspects of the Internet and personal relationships. The paper looks at the view that the facilities and technologies that the Internet provides increases the possibilities and opportunities for personal relationships. The paper then considers the view that online interaction can never take the place of real face-to-face interaction in the development of relationships, since Internet relationships lead to a reduction of social cues.

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"In the first instance, the internet is all about communication. In other words, the primary function of the Internet is to facilitate easy access to information and to enable rapid and effective modes of communication. Since its inception, the Internet has shown remarkable growth and an increase in technologies that can provide more user-friendly and effective means of communication. This refers in particular to the advent of online forums, chat rooms and, more recently, the increasing popularity of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook."

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