The document discusses the history and development of email and online dating. It describes how email originated from physical mail delivery systems and evolved to include web-based email. The document also outlines the origins of online dating sites in the 1990s and their growth in popularity over time, including the success of sites like Match.com and eHarmony. Additionally, it explores how social media and the internet can impact both online and offline personal relationships.

1. Social Media and the Future of personal relationships Identity Status Power Issues in Social MediaCULT10102G Whitney E , Samantha L & Dayna B

2. Project Focus How Social Media builds connection How Social Media affects online dating relationships How Social Media affects face to face relationships

3. How Social Media builds connection? Mail has come a long way since since the idea of the mail order brides came about. The first envelopes were made of cloth, animal skin, or even vegetable parts by the Babylonians. The mail system was invented in 1653 in France by De Valayer, who set up mailboxes and would deliver mail, if people bought the envelopes from him. Today mail has even become virtual with the invention of webmail. Webmail was a way for the military to communicate with each other over a network. Today almost everyone we know has an email account or email accounts, or, uses someone else's email account. Anywhere you go today people ask you for your email address W.E

4. How e-mails affects your life All these factors, have contributed to the growth and development of emails tremendously. As stated in the beginning the first envelopes were made of cloth, animal skin, or even vegetable parts by the Babylonians. The mail system was invented in 1653 in France by De Valayer, who set up mailboxes and would deliver mail, if people bought the envelopes from him. Today mail has even become virtual with the invention of webmail. Webmail was a way for the military to communicate with each other over a network. Today almost everyone we know has an email account or email accounts, or, uses someone else's email account. Anywhere you go today people ask you for your email address. W.E

5. The Future of E-mail A study was taking with children 7-11…about the best ways of communication They choose e-mail over twitter, Facebook, text, etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTghdIc5Fo W.E

6. E-mail Marketing of the Future http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua2YcC2C5o&NR=1 W.E

7. Who invented E-mail? E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson in 1971 It was improved in 1972 to include multiple users W.E

8. History about Online Dating In 1700, the first “matrimonial service” was created. It was specifically designed to run ads for males and females who were desperate to find a spouse through the newspaper. Back in those days if you were past 21 and no married people looked down on you so many people turned to this service. The first online dating sites to hit the web were kiss.com in 1994 and match.com in 1995. Both sites were created and registered by the same person. This new way of dating became very popular and it boomed and in 1996 16 more dating sites such as friendfinder.com and oneandonly.com were created. S.L

9. History Continue In 1998 online dating hit the big screen when the movie “You’ve Got Mail” came out. This movie helped because change the way they thought about online dating and helped to begin to see that use of the web for dating is not a bad thing. It helps bring people together, like in the movie; Meg Ryan never thought that she would have any similarities with her rival Tom Hanks. But the internet helped unite the two. In the early 2000s online dating became a hit in the UK, but at first it was seen as a negative and desperate way to find love. In 2005, UK online dating seen too a huge leap in popularity and many new online dating site were created. Many of the sites had live chat options and people in UK believed that online dating helped increase the chances of meeting a companion The online dating seen became very popular around the world and in 2007 in the United States; Americans spent over $500 million dollars alone on online dating. S.L

10. Since then the online dating scene has sky rocked with popularity and many new site were created. Here is the top 10 online dating sites of all time and how many member they have Match.com – over 250,000,000 singles Chemistry.com – over 15,000,000 singles Perfectmatch.com – over 700,000,000 singles Eharmony.com – over 700,000,000 singles Seniorpeoplemeet.com – over 1,500,00 singles Singlepeoplemeet.com – over 900,000 singles Loveandseek.com – over 1,300,000 singles Date.com – over 300,000 singles Friendfinder.com – over 300,000 singles Zoosk.com – over 6,000,000 singles S.L

11. One of the most successful sites of all is eharmony.com eHarmony is a private owned site devoted for singles who are ready to settle down and start a serious relationship. Researchers at eHarmony say that their matching technology is based on there 35 years of clinical research on what it takes to go into a successful relationship. eHarmony was founded by Clark Warren Ph.D. He has also written many books on love, dating and marriage. eHarmony was officially launched in 2000 and by December 2003 over 3,000 couples who met on eHarmony got married. In 2004 another 2000 couples who met got married. By August 2005 that number took a leap to 33,000 couples. The number has continued to increase today making eHarmony one of the most successful online dating sites. S.L

12. The Future of Online Dating Online dating is here to stay! Thanks to social networking it has somewhat lifted the stigma of online dating and many people are starting to use it to find there soul mate. With technology moving the way it is, pretty soon we will see online dating take a shift into actual online dates. With technology anything is possible. Stay tuned and look out for the future of online dating because from what we see now, the future is and will be very bright. S.L

13. How Social Media affects face to face relationships? Internet is affecting us with our social lives and personal relationships. Due to the economy, people have the tension of wanting to stay in to save money. The economy has a way to stop us from what we are interested in doing. There is no reason why companies cannot create entertaining activities at low cost. D.B

14. Past Communication What we used to have: Communication was the first started before we even knew how to write a letter by body language Creating messages through craved on rocks Writing letters Messengers, travel and visit to pass along the message Be able to have full conversation without being distracted by technologies D.B

15. Present Communication Now we are: Able to communicate through telephones, mobiles, text messages e-mails and internet chat programs to develop faster, cheaper, multi-tasking for our communication Letters was replaced with e-mails and fax D.B

16. Future Communication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0ztxdsFis D.B

17. Interesting Fact The less people you see you will begin to treat them poorly and/or not be able to communicate with them because of time spent on the Internet. This can be good in a variety of ways as people can to greet and good for businesses. D.B

18. Main Idea for Future Communication What if we increase activities, live events, indoor/outdoor, festivals, etc. or any kind of activities that will bring people together, not just for work. It will require building personal relationships rather than simply communicating through the Internet. We can create activities that can happen throughout an entire year that will allow for people to realize that we have better things to do in life rather than spending most of our time on Facebook, Twitter and other networks. To make people feel more connected, trying to be popular is important while we can do that in person. D.B

19. Creating more entertaining activities for people each year is a great idea; this will allow for individuals to socialize with others in several ways. It is not for work purposes but to develop personal relationships. What this means is that people are surrounded by different technologies and depend on them for simple tasks that are to be done each day. To be able to socialize throughout these technologies is a reasonable way for people to meet others. It is also a good way for people to meet face-to-face rather than screen-to-screen, as some people need to break the ‘ice’ to be comfortable and be able to communicate with others. D.B

20. Annotated Bibliography Continue The beginning of mail; http:www.canadatop.com/article?Mail. Jennifer, (2007) The mail was invented in 1653 in France by De Valaver.This article discusses when the mail system was invented and by whom it was invented by. It also discusses how far mail has come and how it has evolved into today’s technical world. How has e-mail affected your life; Cnet News; http://news.cnet.com/How-has-email-affected-your-life/2100_1023_3_274215.html The Future of E-mail; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTghdIc5Fo_A study was taking with children 7_11 about the best ways of communication and how they choose e-mail over twitter, Facebook, text, etc E-mail marketing of the Future; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gua2YcC2C5o&NR=1 Who invented E-mail; http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_email*E-mail was invented by Roy Tomlinson in 1971* it was improved in 1972 to include multiple users

21. Annotated Bibliography Young, Ricky. “A Brief History of Online Dating” In “Edina @articles at ezinearticles.com” [http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Brief-History-Of-Online-Dating&id=811040]. October 31st, 2007.This website offers information specifically about online dating and the history of online dating in the UK. The website was important to my paper because I was able to learn information about online dating and the history of online dating. “History of Online Dating” In “Brainz at brainz.org” [http://brainz.org/history-online-dating/] 2009.This website offers information about the history of online dating. The website was important to my paper because I gained a lot of knowledge about the beginning of online dating. “The Top 10 Online Dating Sites of 2010” In “top10datingsites.com” [http://www.top10bestdatingsites.com/?kw=top%252010%2520online%2520dating%2520sites&c=5360298667&t=search&p=&m=p&a=2&gclid=COSVktmy6qUCFQNrKgodyjoPo]. 2009 – 2010.This website offers information about the top 10 dating sites of 2010 and this information was very useful to my project because I was able to show my viewers the top 10 dating sites of 2010. Also, I learned what type of dating site each site was and how many members they have.“History of eHarmony” in “onlinedatingmazagine.com” [http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/history/eharmonyhistory.html] 2010. This website offers information about one of the most successful dating sites in 2010. I was able to offer my viewers information about eHarmony such as: when it was created, by who and when.

22. Annotated Bibliography Continue How social media affects face to face relationships; College, By Brad. "Social Media vs. Face to Face Marketing." InfoBayArea.com: Bay Area Events Calendar, Business Directory, Networking Expos Mixers, Jobs, Products, Services, Entrepreneur Opportunities... 1998. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.infobayarea.com/articles/socialmediafacetofacemktg.html>.This article gives fully detailed based on our communication and what the best idea to do to improve our communication Past Communication/Present Communication; http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa93This link provides the history of our communication from the past to present. It was given fully detailed by giving step by step of the changing and a well how technology had changed. Future Communication; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0ztxdsFisThis link shows a video of what is happening right now, and what will the future brings. Interesting Fact; unknown link. Main idea for future communication; Collmeyer, By Brad. "Social Media vs Face to Face Marketing." InfoBayArea.com: Bay Area Events Calendar, Business Directory, Networking Expos Mixers, Jobs, Products, Services, Entrepreneur Opportunities... 1998. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.infobayarea.com/articles/socialmediafacetofacemktg.html>.This link Is being collected the rest of the site, based on how social media affects face to face relationships.