Yes I do, I definitely do. Social media is a very powerful tool in terms of communication. You know that in the past we didn’t have human, us didn’t have a lot of means of communication. In the past, if people want to communicate from a very long distance, They have to wait for months or maybe for years to actually send a letter to the recipients or maybe to meet each other and they have to travel for a very long time. But right now with the assistance of social media, we can talk to anyone at anywhere at any time as well. For example, if you have a long list of friends from a thousand miles apart, like you’re in Vietnam, and he or she is in the United States, maybe, well, you can still video call or text every single minute, or it’s maybe just a matter of seconds. And I think it’s changed a lot of the way people keep the bonds, because we can communicate daily the frequency would keep the relationship alive. And I think that is a very good thing, a very good opportunity that
Band 7+: Do you believe social media has made it easier or harder for people to form meaningful relationships?
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Yes, I do, I definitely do. Social media is a very powerful tool in terms of communication. In the past, we didn't have many means of communication. If people wanted to communicate from a long distance, they had to wait for months or maybe years to send a letter to the recipient or to meet each other, which required long travel times. But right now, with the assistance of social media, we can talk to anyone, anywhere, at any time. For example, if you have a long list of friends a thousand miles apart, like you're in Vietnam and he or she is in the United States, you can still video call or text every single minute, or it's just a matter of seconds. I think it has changed a lot about how people maintain their bonds because we can communicate daily, and that frequency keeps the relationship alive. I think that is a very good thing, a very good opportunity that social media provides.
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