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Modern Media and Changing the Functions of Family /23

Findings suggest that there is correlation between the
decrease in communication between parents/children or
couples due to the changes in the addressees, and the
emotional bond and cognitive harmony between members
of the family.
these negative changes will happen proportionately
leading to a decrease in the family solidarity.

3. Media, family and future challenges
- Evolution of family in modern era
In the present era, families have undergone massive
changes, these transformations can be categorized under
two classes:
1. Structural transformations: these changes have
moved families from extended families to nuclear
and to single-person and single-parent families,
these changes have popularized shared living
without marriage.
2. Value transformations: in the modern era,
traditional values such as loyalty of couples,
reproduction, relationship with relatives and
protection and authority of men over their families,
have lost their significance.
3. Functional transformations: the traditional roles of
men and women inside family have undergone
massive transformations. The role of man as the
sole provider of income for the family is now not
restricted to man. With the massive entrance of
female work force to workplaces and industries,
women’s power of haggling has increased
massively.