Technology, and how it is used in today’s society, have greatly impacted relationships. In a lot of cases people display information about their relationships openly to anyone that is friends with them on Facebook, or any other social media medium. Many times the amount a person’s relationship is displayed is associated with the success of the relationship. The Papp article mentions the satisfaction in a relationships based on whether or not each partner has the other displayed in their profile picture, I believe that displaying a relationship on Facebook or other social media does affect satisfaction. In the Gershon reading about the effect of technology, the mediums used for communication are discussed. I believe that when using certain mediums
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They collected data among a group of couples that fit their requirements and had them take a series of surveys asking about their Facebook use, how they portrayed their relationships on social media and other questions about their current relationships (Papp Et Al, 2012, 87). I believe that people who post about their relationship on social media often do tend to be happy, and committed to their relationship. They use mediums such as Facebook to share with everyone the know, pictures of themselves with their partner, or share information about things they go out and do together as a couple. If they were not satisfied with the relationship, why would they post so much about each other? The answer is they wouldn’t, that’s where the belief that those who, for example display themselves with their partner in a profile picture, are satisfied and happy with their relationships. Through those studies they affirmed that “showing a profile picture that includes the dating partner serves as an underpinning of better relationship functioning, reflecting either a greater commitment to the relationship” (Papp Et Al, 2012, 86). This confirms that, in fact, couples who do display their partner in their profile picture do tend to have better functioning, and happier …show more content…
However, that does not always mean they are efficient. Conveying emotion through a written text or email is rather difficult and does not always do the job the writer was intending it to do. One example is e-mail, younger people look at it as being a formal way to communicate, it is looked at as an electronic letter and is often used to talk to professors, employers, co-workers, and others of that nature. However, the older generation looks at e-mail as an informal platform for communication and said that the informality hinders communication (Gershon, 2010, 27. I believe the generational ideals regarding the formality of e-mail are widely different depending on the generation because they have different media ideologies, meaning the way the messages will be read will be different. This is also seen in romantic relationships. Texting as a mode of communication has become very popular, and more prevalent today, especially among young couples as their main way of speaking. However, individuals still have different ideologies of what platform is appropriate for certain conversations. For example a break up done over text is not always appropriate. Gershon mentions a girl names Halle who was in a relationship with a man named Doug who ended their relationship with her over text. She thought he was joking at first because she does not see text messaging as a serious medium of communication
They collected data among a group of couples that fit their requirements and had them take a series of surveys asking about their Facebook use, how they portrayed their relationships on social media and other questions about their current relationships (Papp Et Al, 2012, 87). I believe that people who post about their relationship on social media often do tend to be happy, and committed to their relationship. They use mediums such as Facebook to share with everyone the know, pictures of themselves with their partner, or share information about things they go out and do together as a couple. If they were not satisfied with the relationship, why would they post so much about each other? The answer is they wouldn’t, that’s where the belief that those who, for example display themselves with their partner in a profile picture, are satisfied and happy with their relationships. Through those studies they affirmed that “showing a profile picture that includes the dating partner serves as an underpinning of better relationship functioning, reflecting either a greater commitment to the relationship” (Papp Et Al, 2012, 86). This confirms that, in fact, couples who do display their partner in their profile picture do tend to have better functioning, and happier …show more content…
However, that does not always mean they are efficient. Conveying emotion through a written text or email is rather difficult and does not always do the job the writer was intending it to do. One example is e-mail, younger people look at it as being a formal way to communicate, it is looked at as an electronic letter and is often used to talk to professors, employers, co-workers, and others of that nature. However, the older generation looks at e-mail as an informal platform for communication and said that the informality hinders communication (Gershon, 2010, 27. I believe the generational ideals regarding the formality of e-mail are widely different depending on the generation because they have different media ideologies, meaning the way the messages will be read will be different. This is also seen in romantic relationships. Texting as a mode of communication has become very popular, and more prevalent today, especially among young couples as their main way of speaking. However, individuals still have different ideologies of what platform is appropriate for certain conversations. For example a break up done over text is not always appropriate. Gershon mentions a girl names Halle who was in a relationship with a man named Doug who ended their relationship with her over text. She thought he was joking at first because she does not see text messaging as a serious medium of communication