For example, up until recently friendships developed over a
lifetime but that has now changed. People often made friends
locallyat school and continued those friendships into adulthood,
but manyyoung people today find the majority of their
friendships over the Internet. This is not restricted to teenagers.
Paula Sen, who has just turned 30, says:
'I've met most of mybest
friends overthe Internet, through common interest fomms.
I couldn't live without the Intemet. It's my lifeline.'
3 The Internet has