Romance and the Dangers of Social Media

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Yet another reason you shouldn’t Facebook stalk your ex:
Breakups are supposed to be the end of a relationship. Whether the end came via a fight or a fizzle, after a relationship used to end, it required some significant effort to contact an ex or figure out what was going on in his or her life. Now, social networking sites like Facebook can keep you digitally connected to exes, whether or not it’s good for you. 

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Growing conscious about how media influences individuals and cultures.

by Karen Dill

Love Is...Online

Does the Web Enhance our Relationships?

Social psychologists study love and attraction and we don't limit our investigations toromantic love. We are interested in love and attraction in all kinds of relationships. We ask: what draws friends together and what keeps them together? What makes people decide to get married? How do kids learn how to act in relationships? In his recent PBS series, This Emotional Life, Harvard social psychologist Daniel Gilbert concludes that it is our relationships that contribute most towards our happiness and the meaning we find in life. I think that online elements can add a lot to relationships, especially those where we also meet up face to face.

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