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The Posi)ve Effects of Social Media
Source: Sharfi, Flickr By: Kelsey Bruce
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Photo: Steven Guzzardi, Flickr
Nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide use social media…. The global social network audience is expected to total 2.55 billion by 2017
Source: eMarketer
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Photo: Oscar E, Flickr
More people are connecMng online, and sharing their lives now than ever before…
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Photo: Theophilos Papadopolous
… And relaMonships are experiencing the posi.ve benefits of social media through more interac.on and connec.vity
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Photo: Daniel Dudek-‐Corrigan, Flickr Source: Sharon Jayson
One in three marriages
begin online…
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Making the Internet a great place to connect…
Photo: Chris Jones, Flickr
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Photo: Japanexoerterna.se, Flickr
Tech entrepreneurs are shiTing from creaMng online daMng sites, to creaMng apps, such as You & Me, for people aTer they meet a mate
Source: Jenna Wortham
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“I’ve had some of my most emoMonally inMmate and honest conversaMons with my friends and romanMc partners on mobile
devices.” -‐ Jenna Wortham
Photo: ATab Uzzaman, Flickr
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Photo: Jake Johnson, Flickr
74% of couples report that the Internet has had a posiMve impact on
their relaMonship…
41% of couples report feeling closer to their partner because of online
conversaMons…
Source: Jenna Wortham
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Photo: MoMqua, Flickr
This added connecMvity lets the individual choose the amount of emoMonal distance between themselves and their partner….
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“We can’t get enough of one another if we can keep one another at distances we can control: not too close, not too far, just right.”
The Goldilocks Effect
Photo: Theophilos Papadopolous Source: Sherry Turkle
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“TexMng, Facebook-‐status updates, and Twiber conversaMons are not displacing face-‐
to-‐face socializing – on average they are making them stronger.” –Zeynep Tufekci
Photo: Mr. TinDC, Flickr
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Social media is enhancing human connecMvity because people are able to converse in a new way – and therefore
stay in touch beber, and more frequently…
Photo: Heather, Flickr Source: Zeynep Tufekci
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Users of social daMng sites such as Tinder, are looking make connecMons in the most efficient way…
This has been made possible through social media...
Photo: Uditha Wickramanayaka, Flickr Source: Alan Feuer
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Social scienMsts state that social media is incredibly effec.ve at idenMfying local popula.ons of mates, in areas where tradiMonal
methods of introducMon may not be available
Source: Alan Feuer Photo: Daniel GO, Flickr
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Technology provides couples with a way to stay connected from anywhere in the world, at any .me…..
Photo: Tom Heinze, Flickr
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The Internet can help strengthen a rela)onship, as online interac)ons come with their own entertaining rapport that can coexist with offline-‐
counterparts.
Photo: Marina Carvalho, Flickr Source: Jenna Wortham
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Technology makes its way into a rela)onship – in how couples communicate, grow closer, plan, fight and make up…
27% of online married adults say that the internet has
had a posi)ve impact on their rela)onship
Photo: Sheeren M, Flickr Source: PEW Internet
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Technology plays a key role in the success of rela)onships in the Digital Age as it fosters connec)vity, closeness, and
sharing between partners.
Photo: Yon Garin, Flickr
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Sources:
1. Bilton, N. (2014, October 29). Tinder, the Fast Growing DaMng App, Taps an Age-‐
Old Truth. Retrieved June 7, 2015. 2. Chayka, K. (2015, March 24). The New, Improved, Online Friendship. Retrieved
June 8, 2015. 3. eMarketer. (2013, June 18). Social Networking Reaches Nearly One in Four
Around the World. Retrieved on June 10, 2015. 4. Feuer, A. (2015, February 14). On Tinder, Taking a Swipe at Love, or Sex, or
Something, in New York. Retrieved June 8, 2015. 5. Jayson, S. (2013, June 3). Study: More than a third of new marriage start online.
Retrieved on June 10, 2015. 6. PEW Internet. (2014, February 24). Couples the Internet, and Social Media.
Retrieved on June 11, 2015. 7. Pierson, E. (2015, March 31). Re: Our RelaMonship. Retrieved June 6, 2015. 8. Tufekci, Z. (2012, April 25). Social Media’s Small, PosiMve Role in Human
RelaMonships. Retrieved June 6, 2015. 9. Turkle, S. (2012, April 22). The flight from conversaMon. Retrieved June 7th 2015. 10. Wortham, J. (2014, April 5). I Had a Nice Time With You Tonight On the App.
Retrieved June 8, 2015.