PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Often maligned as instruments of isolation and separation, social media can benefit relationships when used wisely, experts assert.
"For those families who have access to technology and are able users of technology, staying updated on what other family members are doing through Facebook and other forms of technology has really changed how much family can know about one another," says Carol J. Auster, professor of sociology at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa.
In this Sunday's installment of The Providence Journal's #eWave: The Digital Revolution series, read about how the relatives of Federal Hill resident Catherine Beyer Hurst -- a family that is spread from Denver to Dubai and points between -- stay close when they are physically apart. And join the conversation on Twitter, #eWave, and on Facebook.