Social media and changing family relationships: a sociological study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JSRD.4.1.36-39Keywords:
Social media digital connectivity, Public-Private boundary, Digital literacy, Generational gap, Alone together, Digital networksAbstract
This research paper presents the sociological implication of social media on modern relationships in the family as per late modern society. The last 20 years have seen an increase in the use of digital platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Twitter that have changed communication trends, power dynamics, emotional intimacy, and generational relationships in the family. This study uses both constructive and disruptive aspects of digital interaction based on both classical and modern sociological theories such as functionalism, symbolic interactions, and network society theory. The paper opines that social media itself is not necessarily devastating to the life of the family; on the contrary, it is a changing agent that reinvents norms, boundaries, and expectations in the relationships within a home. The theoretical knowledge and practical research allow the synthesis of theoretical knowledge and empirical data into creating the overall picture of how family as a social institution will adjust to technological change in the twenty-first century.
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