2. Why?
• I had to chose something. So I chose
something bearable.
• The average person spends 8 hours a month
on Facebook. (mashable.com)
• Facebook is about people, and their
interactions. People + interactions =
relationships
3. Research Questions
• Is Facebook a positive contribution to
relationships?
• Is Facebook a negative contribution to
relationships?
• Does Facebook even contribute to
relationships at all?
• How can someone control the Facebook
effects in their relationship?
5. Findings
• The people matter more than the medium
used.
• Watch what you do on the internet! Time
spent, attention paid.
• Watch what you say on the internet.
• Don’t make bad choices and expect no
repercussions.
6. Findings
• Facebook won’t interfere in a healthy
relationship between two confident, healthy
people.
• People who tend to have insecurities will
probably be the most negatively affected by
Facebook.
• The more time you spent on Facebook, the
more at risk you are for negative affects like
jealousy and low-self esteem.
7. Fun Facts via Oddee.com
• Over 25% of users have already been dumped via
Facebook
• A June 2010 survey of 1,000 Facebook users -- 70% of
whom were male -- found that 25% had been "dumped" via
Facebook (via their significant other updating his or her
relationship status).
• Twenty-one percent of those surveyed said they would end
a relationship by changing their Facebook relationship
statuses to "single." While worrisome, the survey does
show the majority of people do not split up via Facebook.
8. Fun Facts via Oddee.com
• 1 in 5 divorces is because of Facebook
• It used to be the tell-tale lipstick on the collar. Then
there were the give-away texts that spelled the death
knell for many marriages. But now one in five divorces
involve the social networking site Facebook, according
to a new survey by the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers.
• A staggering 80 per cent of divorce lawyers have also
reported a spike in the number of cases that use social
media for evidence of cheating.
