A study was done about how teens deal with relationships in regards to social media. Teens start and end most of their relationships off social media. According to this article, they feel more connected to their significant other while on social media. The study showed that teens would use emojis to feel more connected. Boys felt more connected through social media to their significant other. One of the discussion posts offered by the author of the paper was that parents shouldn't be as worried as they probably are. It's interesting to get an actual understanding of how social media effects teens. The teens not fully making relationships on social media seems healthy to me as the idea of online dating should not be for teens as they are not ready for a full developed "leading to marriage" relationship yet.
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/01/445118529/we-need-2-talk-most-teens-still-start-end-their-relationships-offline
The online dating scene is so big anymore. It seems as though that is the way to meet people these days. As this article points out, the online world is becoming a part of teens' relationship through social media. This is another sign of how our culture is evolving to have almost everything online.
ReplyDeleteWhen teens themselves are making developments in their own relationships (not just romantic, friends too), I think that they should not be really fully developing these online. The online world can be deceiving. Online dating is a great tool, but when you are developing a relationship when you are in your first stages of starting to form relationships at a young age, I think that online dating can be out of it.
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DeleteThis is a very interesting article and seems very weird to me at the same time. If your whole relationship is based off of social media and that is the only form of connection i believe that is not a relationship at all! Yes the online world is a huge part of a teenagers life but should it really be their whole life and control it that much?
ReplyDeleteAlex, I agree! You should not base all of your connection online. Teenager who base all of their relationships online would miss out of the personal physical connection that is seeing each other face to face. When my boyfriend was in Costa Rica, we could only talk through Facebook. After no contact for a while, I liked having any contact. Social media didn't replace the hug that I received after no contact for a while.
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