Match.com

continues to grow as it becomes more popular. Online dating has been one of the easiest ways to let people know that you are single and ready to mingle. While you can provide someone with a lot of your private life information on a profile, like one Match.com uses, you can either be truthful or make up some things about yourself that would seem more appealing. Even with a fast growing rate of users that try out online dating, it can be dangerous. There are so many temptations in this world, and…

Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram has affected the presentation of self because people tend to not be themselves all the time. In Erving Goffman’s theory of social interaction and the presentation of self is showing how important it is for humans to have some type of social interaction on an everyday basis. Erving Goffman believed in face-to-face interaction. Erving Goffman also believed that when someone came in contact with another person that person will attempt to…

“Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act” (Blue Campaign, para. 1). The case of human trafficking has drawn attention to many people worldwide. On February 6, 2017, a flight attendant noticed a girl with bruises on her body. The flight attendant proceeded to tell her where the bathroom was and she left a note on the mirror for the girl. The flight attendant asked the girl if she needed help. The…

text than talk on the phone,” (Keller). Such an assumption is entirely true, and it is affecting even more than just physical communication. Ties that are developed over text message or e-mail, like those formed on dating sites, like e-Harmony or Match.com, are proving to be weaker than those formed with more orthodox styles of relationship initiation; even though digital media may be making communication easier in these situations, we may not be building relationships as strongly (Keller).…

We live in a time where technology has become a huge requirement in our everyday lives. Everyone from preteens and even the elderly (old and old- old) seems to have their own smart phone, laptop, and even tablets. I think technology, including the internet is essentially good because it helps us communication, our education, navigation, and many other things that we need help with on a daily basis. If we compare and contrast the technology from twenty years ago and today, there are many things…

Laptops, tablets, texting, Google, Youtube, Netflix, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, E-mail, Tumblr, Match.com, MySpace. The list goes on. People are more likely to be seen tapping away on their mobile devices than doing virtually anything else. Innovators have been able to create these tools that have captivated the public. However has new technology been destructive or beneficial to society, and what role does technology play in modern times? Recent inventions have not only enabled…

How polite can one be when you tell another person you are not interested in meeting romantically, especially since you met each other on an online dating site? When the requested meeting is not desired by the rejecter a tactical response must be given, the response must still save the face of the requester as well as uphold the personal desires of the rejecter. Therefore, it is easier and more manageable to decline a romantic meeting with your online dating counterpart. Because you are not…

Facebook’s policy contains at a little fewer than six thousand words, while the policy for Google+ only contains a thousand words. Also, the Google+ policy is very direct, simple, and to the point (Singel, 2011). The complexity of the Facebook privacy policy shows that they do not want the average users knowing the information they are entitled to. By making the privacy policy long and having a complex layout, the average user will not bother to go into detail about the policy and therefore will…

The first origin of hypertext is microphotography, a method of condensing documents, which were stored in a massive library. A massive library, so people could send in questions, and the workers would field their responses, giving related topics as well. The second origin, is referred to the Memex; an idea that it would somehow be possible to digitally condense information on a computer, so it can be used at any time, by the use of free association. This was supposed to augment human…

I know many people are really against these modern ways of dating. Many older people think traditional dating is the only way a man and woman can fall in love. They believe in the popular boy meet a girl, boy asks girl on a date, and girl and boy fall in love. I happen to agree with those people who believe in the traditional ways of dating. Online dating does not allow you to get the girl or boy in his or her natural element. While online dating sometimes does show the favorable result, the…