An important aspect of Social Media is how people feel when being on it and and what their social self-esteem looks like. So when I found "Friend Networking Sites and their relationship to adolescents well-being and social self-esteem," I knew I found the perfect article.
The point for writing this article was to investigate the rewards/consequences of friend networking sites. Since this article was written back in 2009 examples of these sites would include myspace and Friendster. I have never had a myspace or a Friendster account before, but I think these types of sites are what started the whole relationship via social media concept. This is how people met one another and communicated and it still is today. The authors of this article conducted a survey among a bunch of teens who had an online profile on a social networking site. The use of the friend networking site stimulated the number of relationships created on these sites. Also, whether there was positive/negative feedback on their profiles, enhanced or decreased their self-esteem and well-being. Valkenburg, Patti M., Jochen Peter, and Alexander P. Schouten. "Friend Networking Sites and Their Relationship to Adolescents' Well-Being and Social Self-Esteem." CyberPsychology & Behavior 9.5 (2006): 584-90. Web. 29 Mar. 2015.
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Since my last post was about relationships and social media in general, I thought that this time I would be more specific and talk about relationships via Facebook because it's not really a relationship until it's "Facebook official."
In an article I read, called "Is Facebook a homewrecker?"by Katherine Bindley, it said that many of us use Facebook as a way to connect with people we don't talk to everyday and people we don't know as well. For example, "your college friend got engaged, yay! A girl you met once at a party who's baring her midriff in her profile picture wrote on your fiancee's wall - hold up where'd she come from?" Facebook tells a lot about a person whether it's relationship statuses or their age and I think that's what makes/brakes a relationship. Katherine Bindley went to Colombia University and she is a reporter at The Huffington Post as well as The Wall Street Journal and TheNew York Times. A 2009 study suggested that Facebook makes "unique contributions to the experience of jealousy in romantic relationships." There's even a Facebook page called "I wonder how many relationships Facebook ruins every year" and it has over 100,000 "likes". To me, I think this is just because of how many friends one partner has compared to the other or who interacts with who on Facebook that makes the other person jealous. So in relationships, Facebook has become the new key to information. Bindley, Katherine. "Facebook Relationship Problems: How Social Networking And Jealousy Affect Your Love Life." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015. Relationships and Social Media are the two most talked about topics among teens in society today, but are they being talked about in a positive way or a negative way or maybe a little bit of both? That is why I decided to pick this topic for my inquiry blog. I know I can get a lot of information on this topic including the answer to the question I asked above.
I recently read an article called "Couples, the internet, and Social Media" by Amanda Lenhart and Maeve Duggan. It talked about the internet, cell phones and social media becoming key actors in the life of many american couples. This article was written to see how american couples use technology to manage life, logistics, and emotional intimacy within their relationships. For example, in the article there was a specific place where it talked about positive/negative impacts on relationships from social media. It said that "10% of internet users who are married say that the internet has a major impact on their relationship and 17% say that it has had a minor impact. 72% of married adults said the internet has no real impact at all on their relationship." Amanda Lenhart is an expert in teens and social media and she is an associate director in research. I earned that 66% of adults are married or in committed relationships as of February 2014. This source has made me think about all the different types of technology that can impact all types of relationships whether it is positively or negatively. Lenhart, Amanda, and Maeve Duggan. "Couples, the Internet, and Social Media." Pew Research Centers Internet American Life Project RSS. N.p., 11 Feb. 2014. Web. 11 Feb. 2015. |
AuthorMy name is Meghan Margies and I go to UNCC. I am keeping this blog for my UWRT 1102 class. It is about Inquiry Archives
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