Cyber Cheating By Judi T. Whitty

For example, the author said “it is far easier for a predator to troll chat rooms and MySpace and Facebook”, But text messages and cell phones don’t offer the anonymity and danger of the Internet they are usually one-on-one with someone you know. I agree with the author said that parents should put spyware on their kids phones and computers, it might keep the kids from a lot of trouble. Parents should not be nosey or trying to eavesdrop but should know what their kids are doing. There's a lot thing that happen not just on the interent but in real life, they could be smoking or meeting with someone they do not know. They could into serious trouble if there meeting up with someone they do not know, the person could be a drug dealer, he may be a pedophile, or he might just kidnap your

“…the social network we find ourselves in plays an important role in the continuation of a relationship. It is important to understand the relationship between the couple and their social world”

When I heard about the Ashley Madison scandal I thought that shutting down the site would have been a bad idea. I think there are a lot of sites out there that get threatened on a regular basis and it turns out to just be a hoax. It would be hard to shut down your website with the possibility of it also being a hoax. If Ashley Madison had a privacy agreement that the members signed when they joined the site then I think that Ashley Madison should have to compensate the members in some way. I’m assuming a lot of lawsuits came out of all of this so I figure that compensation in a lawsuit would be enough.

While reading chapter two, the section of Relational Deterioration in the text spoke to me. Recently, I dealt with a situation in my life that was similar to this topic. The part that reached out to me the most was when the text stated, “…. researchers found a correlation between social network use, marital dissatisfaction, and divorce” (48). However, I know my spouse is not in any engagement with another women and having an affair, just much of his time is spent on the phone at home.

Online relationships are fueled on trust, since online dating sites prevent face-to-face interactions, the couples have to demonstrate a perception of trust in order to continue an online relationship. The research studies have a common theme which is how trust plays an important role in an online dating relationship. In a study by Kang and Hoffman (2011), focused on the likelihood of using a dating site to search for a potential mate if that person is easily trustworthy. The findings in this study was that “Individuals who use the Internet for a greater amount of tasks are more likely to use online

Firstly, by using technology, it allows for individuals to interact over the web with other people. Encountering people using technology is an undeniably common way of discovering partners and receiving the chance to constantly message and exchange emails, permitting a better connection to build a relationship. The internet, through many dating websites, has helped many people discover others, who then would impact their lives greatly and soon be apart of it. A study found that, “More than one third of U.S. marriages begin with online dating, and those couples may be slightly happier than

There are continuously more and more people that lower their standards and their morals, which actually results in being placed in the repulsive category of being a cheater. To these people, the endless number of websites that are available to them and giving them the opportunity to explore even the darkest recesses of cyber-space, the Internet is nothing more than one giant playhouse. To the innocent victims that have a firsthand experience with their partners or spouses cheating online, the Internet can quickly seem like a place where a lot of pain and frustration originates. Infidelity that occurs every single day on the World Wide Web has become so rampant that any individual that is involved in a loving and caring marriage and has a partner that continuously browses the web should familiarize themselves with the most common signs of cheating online.

Ellison et al believed that Facebook is a ‘rich site’ for research into the quality of relationships due its ‘heavy usage patterns’ and the mechanics of how it is more about offline to online relationships due the nature of the creation of the site, for university students to communicate. Facebook in incredibly different from other CMC as many users actually know most their ‘friends’ in real terms on the site.

MORE than than 700 Australian government officials and police officers have been caught up in the Ashley Madison cheating scandal.

Throughout his book Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari the author develops and explains concepts that are involved in romantic relationships. In his arguments he describes certain points that explain how romances were modernized with the advancement of the technology. The growth of technology has created new sources of communication like for example socials networks and other websites in the internet that allow people to have an easier search to find a partner when they are looking for one. One of the biggest arguments that author talks about is when he describes how technology has played an important role in romantic relationships. The use of technology that exists in the present day has become excessive and it is a good argument to discuss in the essay. Up to today the online services and socials networking sites have become important factor s in the search for that “perfect someone” that people want to share the rest of our lives with, but at the same time it becomes a dangerous weapon that disappoints, lies and destroys romantic relationships. It’s not really that technology influences bad things; but it is more up to the responsibility of people and the purpose they use it for. The fact that the technology has become a very helpful tool to date someone is something very common to do nowadays but also it is dangerous because people do not really know who they are talking to or who is behind the computers monitors. Although

Professor Ariely then stated that to prevent people from cheating, there needs to be reminders to be honest before the temptation of cheating even starts. He included an example of people signing contracts, as people read through by the time they get to the end they have already made up their mind to cheat and sign the papers anyways. But if signatures were required at the beginning, people would be more likely to remember their promise. He also introduced the,”What the hell”, effect. Where once people start cheating, they start caring less about the consequences and keep raising the stakes and cheating more.

I still used my devices for ten to twleve hours a day, but instead of angry, I was just depressed and sad. I had given up on school, any relationships, and all I had was my phone and occasionally I would use my brother's computer. I dropped out of school because I had just given up and my whole life revolved around an online communitity or a game, and I did not care about anyone else that I actually had contact with. This is still current, except for the fact that I am here taking this HiSet test, and hopefully moving on with my life. I only just started to slow down and somewhat limit my screen time, and I am now in counselling. The second passage speaks about older children making relationships online being a positive thing, but I see it as purely negative. Children who pursue those online relationships abandon their real families, their old friends, for what? Something that could disappear tomorrow because maybe one day your online friend will cease to come online anymore. Then all that time you spent dedicated to them is wasted and you are left feeling empty.

It is becoming more frequent in today’s society to utilize social media to connect and stay in touch with others. In fact, one could say that social media has become an everyday part of our lives. More than 800 million individuals use Facebook daily (Fox & Anderegg, 2014). It is therefore of great significance, that one gives awareness to how the frequency of social media usage can affect our romantic relationships. This study consists of analyzing the amount of time one spends on Facebook and if the amount of time has an effect on the relationship satisfaction. Previous studies have gone over the aspects of the activities and concepts among individuals that can cause negative relationship outcomes but these studies have not extended beyond the concept of frequency. Moreover, previous research has suggested that individuals’ attachment status, individuals who have Facebook–related conflict, individuals who were in shorter term relationships, and individuals who have certain ideas of what normal behavior is when getting to know someone on the website can end up predicting negative relationship outcomes (Clayton, Nagurney, & Smith, 2013).

My generation has grown up with technology in our hands since we were toddlers. We are dependent on technology, from Iphones, Laptops,tablets, ipods, even watches that keep us connected to a never ending supply of distant connection. Social media is the source of many problems in our society. One of the problems is the lack of communication in a relationship. One misconception about social media is that it has the ability to strengthen a relationship because you have another avenue of communication when in fact it is detrimental, due to lack of intimate interaction between two people. Social media not only takes away face to face interactions, but it leads to trust issues, cheating and a lack of confrontation.

Several news stories have suggested that using Facebook can lead to higher instances of divorce and infidelity (Gardner, 2010), but the claims have been questioned by other commentators.