Same Idea Of Communication In Romantic Relationships

Remember the days when most conversations were spent face-to-face, and not through texting or on a social media platform? Our society has changed the way we converse with one another in every way possible. Every thought, opinion, and idea we have we feel the need to broadcast it to the world, either by posting it on Facebook or tweeting it for hundreds of people to read. Is this new way of communication good or bad for our relationships? M.I.T professor, Sherry Turkle, addresses this question in her article, "Stop Googling. Let's Talk." She discusses the positive and negative attributes of the way we're using technology, and how it has overcome most of our relationships. We have abused our privileges of advanced technology by using it to replace our emotional needs we desire as humans.

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

In the article “The Effect of Technology on Relationships”, Lickerman explains how the planet has never been more interconnected but it hasn’t come without costs. Some of these costs can be social isolation, mistaking virtual relationships for physical ones. Dangers of technology can include sending different messages than we intended. Because texting, emails, and instant messaging have poor ability to express emotion, so something you say can be taken out of context and end up ruining relationships. She concludes with to make technology serve us well, it requires us to exercise it with good judgment.

Wortham first begins her essay by introducing how her boyfriend and her interact through various apps such as G-Chat, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and the one she was talking about You & Me. Worthman then proceeds to talk about the increasing popularity of these applications among couples and those seeking a partner or to make friends. But after providing her experience she then began to move into the purpose to why she wrote this article. Wortham first proceed to address the they sayers. Wortham claimed that some seem to believe that these dating, social apps can makes us “forget other ways to communicate” and that we “forget what face to face interaction can do”(Wortham 395, 396). After, acknowledge these claims she then

How communication methods have changed over time and social media’s role in creating romantic relationships

* It’s usually best to be yourself from the start of a relationship to give both you and your potential partner a chance to find out if you are comfortable with each other’s belief, interest, and lifestyles.

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.

Social media constantly bombards individuals with new people who are called friends. Through creating these new relationships, social media tries to make the world smaller. However, these relationships are impersonal and do not allow the people to truly understand or know each other. Another example from society that shows how important relationships are to humans is the countless number of websites that help individuals meet potential relationship partners. These websites attempt to match individuals who have similar personalities.

Friendships and romantic relationships makes our lives go round. Without them our lives would be dull and lonely. Unlike family members, we are allowed to choose our friends and lovers. There are various levels of friendships and diverse forms of romantic relationships, and they can all lead to being close, intimate, and loving. Both friendships and romances considerably enrich the well-being of our physical and mental state. Friendships can lead to romantic relationships, and romantic relationships can lead to just being friends.

This study investigates technologies used to communicate in romantic relationships and in particular the frequency and its association of positive or negative communication between the individuals. A questionnaire of 300 questions was administered to 5,124 people, 60% being women and 40% being men. Only 1,039 persons completed the questionnaire for the study purposes. While some took the questionnaire as a part of a class, others took it as a workshop, web search, or administrated by a therapist. The participants had to meet the requirements of being involved in a serious relationship, committed, and heterosexual relationship.

Social networking can connect strangers across the world. As the evolution of communication continues, technology progresses and social networking grows. Social networks like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook have grown to have billions of users. In fact in today’s society, it is necessary or nearly expected to use one if not all of these technological communication networks. The increasing use of social networking has had both a negative and positive effect on communication in relationships. The purpose of this literary analysis is to answer if social networks are helpful or harmful to relationships.

There exists a disparity in the communication phenomenon between men and women. This disparity according to scholars can be attributed to the male dominance in the society today and relationship tensions between couples. A study on cross-sex conversations showed that, when men and women engage in a friendly conversation, they do so as equals but they do not play the same roles in the communication. Women tend to ask more questions and likely to utter utterances that encourage responses from the other speaker. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to interrupt their partner’s conversations and make direct opinions and facts to control or dominate the conversation. Thus, the communication phenomenon between men and women is strikingly distinct.

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.

Communication is the foundation of any successful relationship. Partners that communicate their thoughts and feelings, along with their likes and dislikes, are more likely to regard their relationships as happy and content. Nevertheless, not every relationship can be this way, and some are even plagued with an extramarital affair, either enacted by one or both partners in the relationship. Studies show that 30-60% of American men and 20-50% of American women will have sex with someone other than their spouse while they are married (Vangelisti & Gerstenberger, 2004). This is a rather high statistic, and even though affairs are becoming more common in society today, they are still a painful experience for all involved. In articles by Afifi,

Why take another look at communication again? because most studies that have been done, do the same thing over and over. They use self reports that are coded themselves or that the research will have the participants code, tons of different questionnaires that take time for the participants to do, and it is really not relevant for the new generations. With the studies that have been done, almost half of all first marriage still end in divorce. It looks like the system that we use to study and try to help curb this just isn 't working, because of the measures that are used it just speak to the generation anymore. This study is different, it will use a video game as the measure to study the effects of communication on the satisfaction in a relationship.