Researchers looking at the impact of Facebook on relationships among college students found that the use of Facebook increased jealousy between friends and those in a relationship. They identified four themes that contributed to increased jealousy. They are as follows:
- Accessibility of information: Increased info about the interactions of significant others lead to increased monitoring and jealousy for 19.1% of participants- Relationship jealousy: 16.2% of respondents were explicitly linked to Facebook use contributing to jealousy- Facebook as an addiction: 10.3% of participants had major difficulty limiting the amount of time he or she looked at his or her partner’s Facebook profile.- Lack of context: 7.4% of respondents referenced how Facebook can be ambiguous and that, without context, jealousy can be spurred over misunderstandings.
How do you think the use of technology has impacted interpersonal communication in the past 5-10 years? Whether it be phones, texting, email, instant messaging, skype, social media, etc., has technology helped or hindered our interpersonal communication with others? Please support your view with an example.
There is no doubt that this technology has been very beneficial in all sorts of matters, but when it comes to interpersonal communication, I believe that it has hindered some to a certain degree. It is very easy to type and send what you may be thinking from the safety of a phone or computer, but when you are in front of a person or persons, it may differ. Those that do not practice face to face interactions regularly, may refrain and not fully express what they feel or think verbally and nonverbally. So, for example my two younger cousins that have been sheltered from the outside world spend countless hours on the computer and television. As a consequence they don't know how to relate with the rest of the family. It is a huge difference between the cousins I grew up with and these younger weird cousins. One is 20 and the other is 12. I pretty much talk to them like ordinary people and not family. But I still love them, because I have to...
ReplyDeleteTechnology has definitely changed the way things are, whether that benefit is to help us or not. Speaking about interpersonal communication and technology, one insight the the social media has done for us is give us another way to know about what we are unaware of. For example, I remember one time I was talking to this one girl and time went by and we stopped. I decided to see one day how she's been, what she's been up to, etc. And I go on Facebook one day and I clicked on her profile. What I found out next made me mad but I realized she began to talk to a guy that she told me wasn't interested. It just proved my point I knew there was something going on when she told me there wasn't. So more over to the point, it is as if the social media nowadays provides more information about ourselves and what we do, in a sense, our privacy has been more open than ever before.
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Well we all know tech has come a long way. I for one am thankful for skype and all the instant messaging, because when I am deployed that is one of the easiest ways for me to stay in contact with my family. Without some of the free communications technology out there it might not be as fun getting deployed and being away from my wife and kids that long and not be able to talk to them or see them. Now on the other hand technology has really effect the way people communicate, nobody talks anymore. Everything is texting or instant messaging. I’m sure everyone has been in the situation where you get a text and you miss read it and interrupt it, and the next thing you know you’re pissed off at the sender. That happens all the time because the verbal communication is no longer there, it’s all text. I really wish people would just pick up the phone and say hello again.
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The use of today's technology has certainly made a difference in the way people use Facebook. There is not one person that I don't see with an Iphone in their hand checking their Facebook status or reading what "interesting" thing someone says. It does increase the jealsouly factor with Facebook. You have text messaging, which is sometimes convient, but costlt. I don't think people realize that if they want to text, they are going to have to pay up. From another point, I still see people texting and driving. I would be ashame to see people getting into a car accident over a breakup on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteTechnology has definitely changed the world we live in. In my honest opinion people divulge way too much information on Facebook. I have friends that update their status on every little detail. I have a friend going through a divorce at the moment and because she put is all out their on FB she has created animosity with her ex. I for one feel lost if I don't have my phone at all times. I also prefer to text instead of talk face to face or voice to voice. I honestly cant say why. I think that technology has deeply hindered interpersonal communication. I don't believe it is "personal" anymore. However I have met some amazing people on Facebook and I think about all the military that is deployed and how much they depend on it.
ReplyDeleteI feel technology has impacted interpersonal communication greatly in the past 5-10 years. Phones, Texting, Facebook… the list goes on…has affected many in today’s modern society. Thinking from a male perspective: bottom line, the more advanced the technology the less personal communication is involved. Technology filters out body language, tone of voice, voice pitch, and all other nonverbal communication. I also believe that texting has caused a degradation in interpersonal communication overall, but has increased communication. After all there are many topics I would rather communicate over a text rather than having to vocally state it or communicate person to person. For example: “It's not you it’s me”, “Sir I am not feeling well today sorry I will not be able to make it in to work ”, or my personal favorite “I quit”. Further, as a matter of fact, as I am writing this blog I find my self having to correct my texting shorthand to write legible English (go figure).
ReplyDeleteTechnology has definitely impacted the way we live daily. It has its upsides such as being able to keep in contact with friends or family that don't live close and many use it as a primary source of communication, such as texting, Facebook, and Skype. With upsides though come downsides, especially with interpersonal communication. The more time people spend interacting with others over technology the more they lose the ability to interact with others face to face. It's much easier to hide behind a phone or computer and tell someone how you're feeling than it is to tell them in person. Technology has people heavily relying on it for the ability to speak to others about how they are truly feeling.
ReplyDeleteI believe that technology has greatly impacted the interpersonal comm. between people. There are dating websight commericals all over the tv now. What happened to going out and meeting someone? Now you have facebook,myspace,twitter all that crap. It just brings more trouble and drama into the everyday relationships. Even friendships between people are being jeperdized by these things.
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Technology has definitely impacted how people communicate together. It makes communicating easier with people that are long distances away. But at the same time, the new technology makes people lazy with their personal and interpersonal communication. Eventually the laziness of using too much technology for communicating creates very weird people. For example, my cousin has a lot of trouble communicating with people. She’s very smart as she takes classes at Duke University at the age of 13, but she spends all her time on the computer talking to other weird kids. So when I visit her and her family she can’t hold a conversation or even pretend to hold one. So basically I would say technology is very helpful for communication, but some people take advantage of the technology and become lazy and lack real social ability.
ReplyDeleteI think technology has impacted interpersonal communication both positively and negatively. One obvious aspect of interpersonal communication that has been affected is online dating. There are several online dating websites that help you meet tons of new people that you might otherwise never get to know. Other mediums such as social media (of course), online forums, and even online video games allow people with common interests to come together and build relationships. I know plenty of people who have made friends from all over the place while playing online video games. Without these mediums, none of these people would ever meet and build relationships with each other. An example of a negative impact technology has had on interpersonal communication would be mothers who are always on their phone instead of taking care of their children. I’ve seen mothers who are texting on their phones while their kids are, in plain sight, getting into situations that could potentially be harmful to them.
ReplyDeleteI think that it it so easy these days to try and date someone via the internet or facebook that it has taken away from relationships. While it is easy to text or message someone via social media people aren't getting enough FACE time even if they have facebook. This hinders people because to make something work I think you have to have communication face to face not profile to profile. Some things are great about social media but relationships aren't one of them.
ReplyDeleteI truly believe that technology has helped our interpersonal communication with others. On the other hand, I can also see why others would state that it has hindered our personal communication with others. As for this I’ll focus on how it has helped. A prime example of how technology has helped me in my life is through skype. I have a group of friends who I am very close to but we all live in different parts of the United States because we all attend different schools. For example one of my friends lives in Tempe, AZ because she attends ASU and the other attends Notre Dame. Skype has helped our interpersonal communication with each other because it allows us to have a conversation with multiple individuals and although we are far away this piece of technology makes us feel like we are all back home just kicking back in one of our backyards talking away about life, nonsense, sports etc. -ivan
ReplyDeleteOverall, I think modern technology has helped interpersonal communication. For one, the speed and reliability of cell phones and texting have done wonders in this area. I shudder to think what our parents would have had to do if, as teenagers, they got stranded or ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere. It’s a scary thought. I also really appreciate the friendships I’ve been able to keep around because of facebook. My friend’s boyfriend lives in Israel, and they rely on skype in those times when neither can visit. There are, of course, definite drawbacks to our modern means of communication (such as people becoming more and more comfortable dealing with avatars rather than a living, breathing, human being), but it is what we make of it. Communication technology has the potential to be dehumanizing, but its only purpose really is to be a tool for us to be in touch more efficiently.
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly, modern technology has been change the method of social completely. Through the network, we can access multiple people's personal home page and know their recent status easily. Through the text, we can chat with our friends almost at any time or any place. Those are the benefit which we obtain from modern technology. However, there are also some scene of negative. We tend to get used to communicate with verbal language and losing the ability of comprehend the nonverbal language. Also, we are being more and more rely on those social tool of modern technology and even suffered by some psychological issue of social tool addiction. After all, I think it is really difficult to define which modern technology brought us is positive or negative. Because it is kind of defining a method of life.
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