Hi there! It seems to me that the question about friendship in the electronic environment which lacks face to face communication is closely related to the fundamental characteristics of friendship, provided and categorised by Aristotle. Probably the communication via email offers the possibility for the homonoia or likemindness between the participants to be developed (discussion of interesting issues, exchange of information of common interest etc) , but it may also give birth to a sort of 'parrhesia' based on the lack of face-to-face communication. The conflict that the 'parrhesia' may cause does not -I think- necessarily indicate the termination of a friendship, but it probably provides the friendship -or better, the two parts of the friendship-with a new perspective under which their relationship may be reconsidered. Now, to what extent 'parrhesia' may lead to the dissolution of friendship, depends on the elasticity of the ties between the friends, and on the category of friendship -according to the aristotelian analysis- the particular relationship belongs....or, what do you think about? Kind regards Kalliopi Kyriakopoulou PhD cand. Dept.of Politics and IR, University of Kent, U.K. email: kk36@ukc.ac.uk