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201713 minGdoc-short

FaceTime Friends

201713 minGdoc-short

Justin Gerhard investigates how technology influences relationships, raising questions about the authenticity of friendships made online.

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Justin Gerhard investigates how technology influences relationships, raising questions about the authenticity of friendships made online.

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Through his own personal experience building a friendship purely online, Justin Gerhard explores technology and the ways in which we are using it more and more to nurture relationships, but at what cost? What are we missing by spending so much time on our phones? How real are online relationships?

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