1. Photo
Marco
Spaapen
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusspaapen/8506277811/sizes/m/in/photostream/
How
Social
Networking
has
changed
the
daIng
game.
By
Kathryn
McKay

2. Social
Networking
has
redefined
the
inherent
meaning
and
nature
of
relaIonships.
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8735312715/sizes/c/in/photostream/

3. Altering
how
relaIonships
are
formed,
Photo
Craig
Sunter
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02/8396518380/in/photostream

4. Experienced,
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8636685424/sizes/z/in/photostream/

5. And
lost.
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8587886257/sizes/z/in/photostream/

6. There
is
no
longer
a
romanIcized,
unknowing
quality
of
daIng
Photo
Porkchop756
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/porkchop756/7214599018/sizes/c/in/photostream/

7. Photo
Craig
Sunter
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02/8693027727/sizes/o/in/photostream/
But
rather,
this
new
form
of
daIng
is
situated
upon
“Facebook
stalking”
-­‐
Allison
McCann,
How
Facebook
Ruined
Da8ng
(and
Breaking
Up
to)

8. Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8704927877/sizes/z/in/photostream/
With
the
aim
to
“reduce
some
of
the
uncertainty
in
relaIonships”
-­‐
Allison
McCann,
How
Facebook
Ruined
Da8ng
(and
Breaking
Up
to)

9. Photo
Craig
Sunter
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02/8667938118/sizes/m/in/photostream/
New,
media
constructed,
relaIonship
milestones
“represent
a
new
Ier
in
the
relaIonship
nupIals”.
-­‐
quote
from
Jesse
Fox,
republished
by
Tom
Jacobs
in
“I
Now
Pronounce
You
FBO:
Facebook
Official

10. Where
the
noIon
of
going
steady
is
now
represented
through
a
technological
mode
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8750595735/sizes/z/in/photostream/

11. “For
some
couples
Facebook
acts
as
a
tool
for
relaIonship
maintenance”
-­‐
quote
from
Jesse
Fox,
republished
by
Tom
Jacobs
in
“I
Now
Pronounce
You
FBO:
Facebook
Official
Photo
Bri4reints
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/emmandevin/8672736002/sizes/z/in/
photostream/

12. Photo
Craig
Sunter
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02/8621718717/sizes/c/in/photostream/
By
forcing
couples
to
have
honest,
candid
conversaIons
about
what
their
relaIonship
is

13. Social
Networking
has
however
resulted
in
one
being
unable
to
truly
dissociate
from
former
partners
Photo
Julian
Stallabrass
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/slowkodachrome/4536707363/sizes/z/in/photostream/

14. Where
“remaining
Facebook
friends
with
an
ex
delayed
emoIonal
recovery
and
led
to
greater
distress
over
the
breakup,
negaIve
feelings,
sexual
desire
and
longing
for
the
ex-­‐
partner.”
-­‐
Allison
McCann,
“How
Facebook
Ruined
Da8ng
(and
Breaking
up
to)
Photo
Craig
Sunter
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02/8215711909/sizes/c/in/photostream/

15. Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8724546832/sizes/z/in/photostream/
RelaIonships
are
no
longer
innately
personal
between
two
partners

16. Photo
Cristopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8728287134/sizes/z/in/photostream/
But
rather
“shaped
by
its
actual
and
perceived
audience.”
-­‐
quote
from
Jesse
Fox,
republished
by
Tom
Jacobs
in
“I
Now
Pronounce
You
FBO:
Facebook
Official

17. The
persona
created
on
Social
Networking
sites
has
real,
inherent
implicaIons
on
ones
actual
life.
Photo
nicholasnova
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/nnova/2081056587/lightbox/

18. Where
“the
informaIon
we
disclose
online
mirrors
who
we
are
offline”
-­‐
From
bullying
to
rela8onships:
Mapping
our
online
communica8ons
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8686576432/sizes/z/in/photostream/

19. and
“disclosing
more
about
ourselves
online
actually
lessons
inImacy
and
saIsfacIon
among
romanIc
couples”
-­‐
From
bullying
to
rela8onships:
Mapping
our
online
communica8ons
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8687325300/sizes/z/in/photostream/

20. This
new
technological
mode
of
social
interacIons,
has,
intrinsically
changed
the
nature
of
relaIonships.
Photo
Christopher.Michel
(Flickr)
h4p://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8709720193/sizes/z/in/photostream/