People use social media like Facebook to communicate with people they know and express themselves. Facebook has become a worldwide dating service without intending to, as it allows people to learn about potential partners. How people display their relationships on Facebook through their profile and status can influence relationship commitment levels in real life.

1. People use social network sites to
communicate with the people
that they know and express
themselves and voice their
thoughts.
Facebook has subcautiously
become a world wide dating
service without any intention
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2. Image: kasiastock (Flickr)
Do you feel
social media
has a strong
impact on
relationships
today?

3. “Most people use social network sites
to with the people that they know,”
INSTAGRAM
FACEBOOK
MY SPACE
TUMBLR
TWITTER
Social media has become the X factor
of relationships not only has it become
a “pre” date experience in itself, it has
become the reason to keep or leave
your partner
Image: Carlos Varela (Flickr)

4. Those that
displayed their
significant other in
their profile
picture and were
listed as “in a
relationship” were
more likely to stay
together and less
likely to have
cheated when she
checked back with
them six months
later.
How people displayed their relationships
on Facebook-through things like a
relationship status or including a partner in
their profile picture were associated with
differing levels of commitment. Image: Elvert Barnes (Flickr)
“Source: Allison McCann, How
Facebook Ruined Dating(and
breaking up too)”

5. Image: Marty Pouwelse (Flickr)
Which leads
to constant
fighting and
problems
between
both
partners

6. What you say and do on
these sites stick and
determine who people
see you as
Image: Tony Alter (Flickr)
Being able to see your
facebook along with
other sites allow possible
partners and friends to
judge you

7. Seemingly insignificant
PDFAs (public displays of
Facebook affection) such
as choosing to include your
partner in your profile
picture and listing your
relationship status
reflected how committed
people really were IN REAL
LIFE.”
Image: Tammra McCauley (Flickr)
“Source: Allison McCann, How
Facebook Ruined Dating(and
breaking up too)”

8. People feel more pressure
from friends and family to
stay together when they
have their partner in profile
picture and relationship
status
Image: Fumika Harukaze (Flickr)
“Source: Allison McCann, How
Facebook Ruined Dating(and breaking
up too)”

9. “At each stage of a relationship, even before it really
begins and when it needs to end, Facebook has
created a whole new slew of obstacles and awkward
conversations that previously didn’t exist for people in
the dreadful world of dating.”
“Source: Allison McCann, How Facebook
Ruined Dating(and breaking up too)”

10. Facebook has become one of the
primary dating services without
any intention
The constant access along with the
billions of people registered allows
for the perfect playing field
Image: Timothy Krause (Flickr)

11. Image: Muhammed Bagci
Social
Media also
plays a role
in self
image and
style
Taking “Selfies”
and pictures
requesting
acceptance
subconsciously

12. Image:
Jhaymesisviphotography
(Flickr)
Texting and e-mail
and posting let us
present the self
we want to be.
This means we
can edit. And if
we wish to, we
can delete. Or
retouch: the
voice, the
flesh, the
face, the body.
Not too
much, not too
little — just right.
“Source: SHERRY TURKLE, The Flight From Conversation”

13. Sites that modify
pictures like
Instagram and
Photoshop help
the appeal of
people online
Image: Phil Campbell (Flickr)
False Images

14. Can Social Media help benefit Relationships?

15. Facebook is a positive factor for
young people in the dating
aspect. It allows you to acquire
information about a potential
partner.
Image: Davi Sommerfeld (Flickr)

16. Facebook allows for “slower progression,” Fox and her
colleagues write, “as liking could be developed over time
before the gamble of asking someone out.” Conversely, if
a potential mate is of no interest, turning down their
friend request is simple, easy, and much more
comfortable—for both parties—than telling someone
“I’m not that into you.”
“Source: Tom Jacobs, I Now Pronounce You
FBO: Facebook Official,”

17. Creates and explores
Initial attraction
Image: USCPSC (Flickr)

18. Facebook and social media in
general allow people to get to know
something about you initially
before even meeting you.
Image: US Department of Agriculture (Flickr)

19. Image:Graham Holtshausen (Flickr)
Which eliminate
any possibility of
“Butterflies” on a
first date

20. Is Social Media good for the
progression relationships or
merely one of the causes that
prevent growth and structure?

21. “All images are licensed
under the creative
commons agreement and
are sourced from Flickr.”

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