Guided Response : Read the arguments presented by your classmates, and analyze the reasoning that they have presented. Whether you agree with their position or not, see if you can help them to improve their arguments. In particular, point out any respect in which a reasonable person might disagree with the truth of their premises or with the strength of their reasoning. Consider addressing the following questions: Did your classmate present a convincing argument? Why, or why not? Which part of the argument might someone dispute (e.g., premise, conclusion, structure, etc.)? How might the argument be strengthened? Make sure that your posts for the week include at least two substantive responses to classmates. · Demetria Parnell Go To Topic Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal relationships? Premise 1: Social media enhances interpersonal relationships. Premise 2: Social media hinders interpersonal relationships. Conclusion: Social media can enhanced and hinder interpersonal relationships. Social media enhances interpersonal relationships by promoting increased interaction with family and friends. It has been reported that social media allows people to feel more connected to information about their friends’ lives. Social networking provides an outlet for communication for those who are timid. Social media provides the confidence that people need to form strong interpersonal relationships. People can express themselves in ways that are appropriate with communicating with others. Everyday people are using social media to promote their businesses or build relationships with others. Teachers are able to use social media to collaborate with students building a stronger relationship outside the classroom. Social media serves as a platform of empowering people to support one another and connect with those who share the same interest. Social media hinders interpersonal relationships by allowing people to post inappropriate statuses or photos that can be very discouraging. Cyber-bullying is a great example of how social media hinders interpersonal relationships. The television show Catfish is also another example of social media hindering interpersonal relationships. Social media allows people to create fake names and lives and trick people into thinking they are someone they are not. Through social media, people are not able to display verbal communication and they lack listening skills.  While using social media it can be easy to interpret a situation wrongly. Communicating online hinders the development of conflict management skills and awareness of interpersonal cues. · Sheryl Gobert Go To Topic Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal relationships? o Premise 1 – Social media enhances interpersonal relationships o Premise 2 - Social media causes hinders interpersonal relationships o Conclusion – Social media conflicts hinder interpersonal relationships Social media could be the tool that enhances inte ...

1. Guided Response
: Read the arguments presented by your classmates, and analyze
the reasoning that they have presented. Whether you agree with
their position or not, see if you can help them to improve their
arguments. In particular, point out any respect in which a
reasonable person might disagree with the truth of their
premises or with the strength of their reasoning. Consider
addressing the following questions: Did your classmate present
a convincing argument? Why, or why not? Which part of the
argument might someone dispute (e.g., premise, conclusion,
structure, etc.)? How might the argument be strengthened?
Make sure that your posts for the week include at least two
substantive responses to classmates.
·
Demetria Parnell
Go To Topic
Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal
relationships?
Premise 1: Social media enhances interpersonal relationships.
Premise 2: Social media hinders interpersonal relationships.
Conclusion: Social media can
enhanced
and hinder interpersonal relationships.
Social media enhances interpersonal relationships by promoting
increased interaction with family and friends. It has been
reported that social media allows people to feel more connected
to information about their friends’ lives. Social networking
provides an outlet for communication for those who are timid.

2. Social media provides the confidence that people need to form
strong interpersonal relationships. People can express
themselves in ways that are appropriate with communicating
with others.
Everyday
people are using social media to promote their businesses or
build relationships with others. Teachers are able to use social
media to collaborate with students building a stronger
relationship outside the classroom. Social media serves as a
platform of empowering people to support one another and
connect with those who share the same interest.
Social media hinders interpersonal relationships by allowing
people to post inappropriate statuses or photos that can be very
discouraging. Cyber-bullying is a great example of how social
media hinders interpersonal relationships. The television show
Catfish is also another example of social media hindering
interpersonal relationships. Social media allows people to create
fake names and lives and trick people into thinking they are
someone they are not. Through social media, people are not able
to display verbal communication and they lack listening skills.
While using social media it can be easy to interpret a situation
wrongly. Communicating online hinders the development of
conflict management skills and awareness of interpersonal cues.
·
Sheryl Gobert
Go To Topic
Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal

3. relationships?
o
Premise 1 – Social media enhances interpersonal relationships
o
Premise 2 - Social media causes
hinders
interpersonal relationships
o
Conclusion – Social media conflicts hinder interpersonal
relationships
Social media could be the tool that enhances interpersonal
relationships in the way of dating online dating services when
people meet and form a relationship. Relationships have also
been formed through social media like Facebook, Instagram,
and Twitter. In the digital age, these displays of affection are
often made public through social networking sites, such as
Facebook. The study conducted by Steers, M. N., Overup, C. S.,
Brunson, J. A., & Acitelli, L. K. (2016) contributes to the
emerging Facebook relationship literature by providing some
support for the hypothesis that individuals who are highly
authentic in their relationship may view Facebook as an
important avenue in which to express themselves in the context
of a relationship, which in turn appears to be positively
associated with relationship outcomes.
I believe social media can be created based on deceiving the
people who are connected and those who may not even know the
person they have friended on the website. Names, pictures, and
profiles are sometimes made up to make someone look and
sound opposite of who they really are. It has been proven to
also be used as a tool to lure young people and adults under
false pretense in vulnerable situations without their knowledge

4. and sometimes resulting in homicides. It can also create a
wedge between a couple when one person utilizes it more than
the other. To even be obsessed with constantly wanting to be
connected to their friends on social media by looking at their
pages (Facebook), getting updated, and chatting with others who
they relate to through social media. According to research
investigated by Nongpong, S., & Charoensukmongkol, P.
(2016), the
impacts
of
social
media
use while being with a partner on the perception of
relationship
problems experienced by the other partner. The results from the
partial least squares regression indicated that individuals who
perceived that their partners used
social
media
excessively tended to report a higher perception of lack of
caring, loneliness, and jealousy.
Reference
Nongpong, S., & Charoensukmongkol, P. (2016). I Don’t Care
Much as Long as I Am Also on Facebook.
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,
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Steers, M. N., Øverup, C. S., Brunson, J. A., & Acitelli, L. K.
(2016). Love online: How relationship awareness on Facebook
relates to relationship quality among college students.
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