Lenhart's 2015 study showed that the majority of teens had made new friends through online communication. This ability to establish new relationships without the benefit of face-to-face interaction challenges what Boden and Molotch (1994) called:

A. the improtance of nonverbal communication.

B. the compulsion of proximity.

C. Unforcused interaction.

D. Focused interaction.

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Yasmin Dickson

16 May, 16:50

Lenhart's 2015 study showed that the majority of teens had made new friends through online communication. This ability to establish new relationships without the benefit of face-to-face interaction challenges what Boden and Molotch (1994) called:

A. the improtance of nonverbal communication.

B. the compulsion of proximity.

C. Unforcused interaction.

D. Focused interaction.

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Darius Hansen · Answer 1

B. The compulsion of proximity

Explanation:

The compusion of proximity has to do with the people's need for face-to-face interaction, despite the many options that exist in modern societies for connecting virtually.

Nikolas Gamble · Answer 2

The correct answer is letter B

When calling attention to the need that subjects have to find themselves in situations of presence, Bodem and Molotcha (1994) come to characterize it as a "compulsion of proximity". For these authors, the presence "facilitates access to the part of the body that never lies - the eyes, windows of the soul". For them, electronic communication is less reliable and more subject to ambiguous interpretations, abuses and confusions than face-to-face communication. The reticence expressed on a theoretical plane evidently has its correlates in common sense thinking.