Belongingness Hypothesis

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The article mentions the “belongingness hypothesis” stating that one needs a certain amount of social interactions with the same contacts. (281) All these relate to one’s ability to create a network of friends and acquaintances that fill their daily ‘interaction meter’. “Networking ability is defined as an individual’s ‘capacity to identify and develop a diverse group of contacts’” (285) for many networking is a hard task, making them turn toward social medias but sadly networking is necessary for medias as well. Without their knowledge people become even more isolated while trying to become accepted creating the sense of false acceptance.
Teens with social disorders that dependent on social networks have great disadvantages, their addiction

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