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It's been a year since the pandemic took over the world and left us at a standstill. The pandemic tested one of the fundamental features of being human - connectivity. While the technology kept us close, human connection was missing from those long zoom meetings, birthday calls, and other occasions. This article looks at the importance of human connection, one that was amiss during the pandemic. Or was it really?
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the year 2020 into a virtual one. With social distancing the priority, socialisation during this year shifted primarily to online platforms. Self-presentation, a meaning-making process in social interaction also changed in many ways. Previous findings have established how online interaction changes the way we present ourselves. In the context of the year that was largely experienced online for most, much is to be known about how self-presentation happened.
