Dear Dana, I appreciate your study focusing on relational maintenace of siblings in adulthood, especially the use of social media ton maintain these relationships. One of research teams studied, both in 1996 and then in 2016, people who are called "kinkeepers." These are often women who are the lynchpin communicators in keeping family members in touch. As you might imagine, social media are much more prevalent today. Question for you: do you think that social media are one way to keep siblings in touch but in a way to also keep them at arm's length in a way that avoids or reduces conflict as the topics can be controlled more tightly away from issues that might be conflictual? In think that is true in my own family. I don't believe this is the case with everyone of course. We are so grateful for the work that you have done with your Capstone professors this semester; you hung in there and finished up your project. Wishing you all the best! If you are graduating this semester, congratulations and please keep in touch with us, you are always a CommHusker! Dr. Dawn O. Braithwaite, Department Chair, Communication Studies
Dana, What an important study especially now during a time when staying connected is so vital. I'd be interested to know how many of your participants were the oldest sibling and if they are managing these relationships while living separately from their sibling(s) for the first time. Great work!
Dana, This is an interesting topic to explore, especially given the importance of the sibling relationship throughout our lifetime. It would be interesting to see how these findings age... that is, how important sibling relationships are as one gets older, begins their own families, etc. It would also be interesting to see how technology use is different with older siblings pairs. Well done!
Dear Dana, I appreciate your study focusing on relational maintenace of siblings in adulthood, especially the use of social media ton maintain these relationships. One of research teams studied, both in 1996 and then in 2016, people who are called "kinkeepers." These are often women who are the lynchpin communicators in keeping family members in touch. As you might imagine, social media are much more prevalent today. Question for you: do you think that social media are one way to keep siblings in touch but in a way to also keep them at arm's length in a way that avoids or reduces conflict as the topics can be controlled more tightly away from issues that might be conflictual? In think that is true in my own family. I don't believe this is the case with everyone of course. We are so grateful for the work that you have done with your Capstone professors this semester; you hung in there and finished up your project. Wishing you all the best! If you are graduating this semester, congratulations and please keep in touch with us, you are always a CommHusker! Dr. Dawn O. Braithwaite, Department Chair, Communication Studies
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Dana, This is an interesting topic to explore, especially given the importance of the sibling relationship throughout our lifetime. It would be interesting to see how these findings age... that is, how important sibling relationships are as one gets older, begins their own families, etc. It would also be interesting to see how technology use is different with older siblings pairs. Well done!
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