Relacionamentos a Distancia

Abstract

This paper aims to understand the maintenance of affective relationships that are in a state of intermittent physical coexistence, while using virtual technologies to contact each other. It is also intended to provide a brief explanation of the forms of distance communication exemplifying letters, postcards and the current virtual contact tools, reflecting on how significant each means of communication was in interpersonal relationships. For the course of the work, bibliographic searches and recruitment of people who met the research requirements were performed, including: having formed the relationship outside the virtual field, having gone through the experience of a distance relationship mediated by digital means of communication or still in the condition of intermittent coexistence. Ten people were interviewed to analyze their experiences and understand the possible difficulties and ways proposed by the participants to give them dynamic communication tools. Finally the conclusions and considerations of the research analyzes.