Essay On Social Media And Relationships

Does Social Media Have Bad Effects on Relationships? Do you think you would be connected to as many people if there were no social media? Do you think social media puts a strain on relationships? I believe that social media does have a bad effect on relationships, even though social media is sometimes good for finding them in the first place. Think about all the relationships you have been in, and the relationships you have heard your friends tell you about. I bet you could tell me at least two stories where one of the partners in the relationships found something on social media suspicious. For example, you see something suspicious on your partner’s page or your friend’s partner page, it is going to put a strain on your relationship because arguments will arise from it. Also not trusting your partner will come up. So just from this example we can see how problems and other issues can come from having social media while in a relationship. On the website Psychology Today two authors gave three examples on how social …show more content…
In the article Social Media Plays a Big Role in Long Distance Relationships by Natalie Shoemaker it talks about the pros and the cons. Yes, social media does help you know what the partner is doing when you are not around but researchers from the article said “those in long-distance relationships used social networking sites as a way to keep tabs on each other, gauging involvement and commitment in the relationship (read: sniffing out infidelity). As a result, those in long-distance relationships were also more likely to become jealous of something on their partner 's social networking site.”(Shoemaker) Is this really a committed healthy relationship? No, it is not and social media once again adds to the pressure of wondering if your partner is doing something inappropriate. So now you are worried about their social media and what they are doing when they are not on