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On Friendship Between Online Equals

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Summary, in English

There is an ongoing debate about the value of virtual friendship. In contrast to previous authorships, this paper argues that virtual friendship can have independent value. It is argued that within an Aristotelian framework, some friendships that are prehaps impossible offline can exist online, i.e. some offline unequals can be online equals and thus form friendships of independent value.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

21-34

Publication/Series

Philosophy & Technology

Volume

29

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • Virtual friendship
  • Social media

Status

Published

Project

  • Knowledge in a Digital World: Trust, Credibility and Relevance on the Web

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2210-5433