1. Social Media and Networking
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Effects of new technology on interpersonal relationships
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2. What technologies are considered new?
Social Networking Cell Phone and Text Messaging
3. What is Social Networking?
The use of a dedicated Web site to communicate informally with
other members of the site by posting messages and photographs
What about Text Messaging?
The exchange of brief written text messages
between two or more mobile phones
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5. Why are researchers interested in Social Networking?
The Social Information Processing Theory!
This theory helps us explain how people get to know one
another without nonverbal cues
6. Criticisms
Is texting true interpersonal communication?
7. Interesting facts found during research
In one study participants reporting greater frequency or
duration of time using voice calls showed less relational
uncertainty and more love and commitment.
Another study indicated that women typically use
facebook to maintain relationships while men use it to
develop new relationships.
