Couples Go Online Case Study
6. Couples Go Online: Relational Maintenance Behaviours and Relational Characteristics Use in Dating Relationships
The rapid advancement of technology has changed the way the world operates. Technology now allows people the opportunity to communicate from opposite ends of the globe. According to Wolak and Mitchell (2002), the Internet is now another means people can expand their social networks and form close interpersonal relationships. E-mail, one of the earlier forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC), enables people to connect with one another (Zakin, 1996), and instant messaging (IM) allows people the opportunity to communicate in real-time with one or more Internet users (Kindred & Roper, 2004). IM is a popular form of CMC. According …show more content…
Identifying factors serving to maintain this beneficial social resource are of great importance to interpersonal scholars. This study explored the effects of CMC on relational maintenance behaviors, commitment, relationship satisfaction, communication satisfaction, and interaction involvement. As some of the findings suggest, CMC changes how people might use relational maintenance behaviors and determine which behaviors are relevant or not. Future research should look at the dialogue between partners as they communicate online and as they communicate face-to-face to further explore differences in the two contexts. Relational maintenance behaviors represent the actions that serve to sustain a relationship in a desired state (Dindia, 2003) and CMC offers relational partners another outlet for maintaining their relationships. For the most part CMC is relatively a new area of study and it is important to understand how the Internet may influence communication between romantic …show more content…
The Four Negative Sides of Technology
Technology makes our lives easier. Today’s students have tremendous opportunities to learn and to connect by using it. But with each advantage comes a potential cost. When we understand those costs and can minimize them, we can keep the use of technology positive.
We live in a high tech world—with high tech classrooms. We embrace the benefits of using iPads during class, integrating tweets during presentations, and teaching students while using smart TVs. But there can be a negative side resulting from inappropriate or overuse of technology, and that negative side can have serious and long-term consequences. To make the best out of tools of technology, teachers and parents must also recognize their downsides and how to avoid them.
• Technology Changes the Way Children Think: Using technology can change a child’s brain. More than a third of children under the age of two use mobile media. That number only increases as the age of the children, with 95% of teens (12-17) spending most of their time online. The time spent with technology doesn’t just give kids innovative ways of doing things, it changes the way their brains work. to read and think deeply about the
The rapid advancement of technology has changed the way the world operates. Technology now allows people the opportunity to communicate from opposite ends of the globe. According to Wolak and Mitchell (2002), the Internet is now another means people can expand their social networks and form close interpersonal relationships. E-mail, one of the earlier forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC), enables people to connect with one another (Zakin, 1996), and instant messaging (IM) allows people the opportunity to communicate in real-time with one or more Internet users (Kindred & Roper, 2004). IM is a popular form of CMC. According …show more content…
Identifying factors serving to maintain this beneficial social resource are of great importance to interpersonal scholars. This study explored the effects of CMC on relational maintenance behaviors, commitment, relationship satisfaction, communication satisfaction, and interaction involvement. As some of the findings suggest, CMC changes how people might use relational maintenance behaviors and determine which behaviors are relevant or not. Future research should look at the dialogue between partners as they communicate online and as they communicate face-to-face to further explore differences in the two contexts. Relational maintenance behaviors represent the actions that serve to sustain a relationship in a desired state (Dindia, 2003) and CMC offers relational partners another outlet for maintaining their relationships. For the most part CMC is relatively a new area of study and it is important to understand how the Internet may influence communication between romantic …show more content…
The Four Negative Sides of Technology
Technology makes our lives easier. Today’s students have tremendous opportunities to learn and to connect by using it. But with each advantage comes a potential cost. When we understand those costs and can minimize them, we can keep the use of technology positive.
We live in a high tech world—with high tech classrooms. We embrace the benefits of using iPads during class, integrating tweets during presentations, and teaching students while using smart TVs. But there can be a negative side resulting from inappropriate or overuse of technology, and that negative side can have serious and long-term consequences. To make the best out of tools of technology, teachers and parents must also recognize their downsides and how to avoid them.
• Technology Changes the Way Children Think: Using technology can change a child’s brain. More than a third of children under the age of two use mobile media. That number only increases as the age of the children, with 95% of teens (12-17) spending most of their time online. The time spent with technology doesn’t just give kids innovative ways of doing things, it changes the way their brains work. to read and think deeply about the