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There are different issues that come from society and media interaction, if you are interested in reading more blogs of similar origin but focused on different areas here I list five interesting ones that I enjoyed reading. How our Modern Society is influenced by the Social Sites? by Evgeniya Kononova This blog focuses on the way social media use has affected the way of living of modern society, https://evgianamedia.blogspot.cz/2017/05/ Propaganda of Patriotism by Anastasia Peleshenko For current events I consider this blog really interesting as we are witnesses of political leaders who sell the idea of patriotism in an attempt to reach their goal of becoming leaders of their countries. This current patriotism forecast a nationalistic posture therefore this blog’s topic is totally relevant. Give it a look! https://patriotisminmedia.wordpress.com Teenagers and Social Media by Eliska Popova The experience of being a teenager nowadays is really different if we compare ...
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If you are not willing to read from time to time here I'm leaving some videos related to social media use and its effects. 5 Ways Social Media Screws you over  Does Technology Ruins Our Relationships? TED Talk: Why we should rethink our relationship with the smartphone
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My Views

Nowadays due to access to technology has become easier in many parts of the world the way we live our lives has changed as well as how we communicate with others. One particular area, and the one this paper is focusing on is relationships. A new element in social relationships introduced by the increment of the amount of people with internet access is social networking,previous research has shown that Facebook is the platform most commonly used and it addition to it use to keep in contact with others it also works as a source to monitor what the actual significant other of someone is up to which is been related to have negative outcomes like a high amount of intrusion in the person’s life (Clayton, Nagurney & Smith, 2013). Even though the view from younger generations about the use of social media impact on their relationships is mostly positive  (Lenhart, Anderson & Smith, 2015) a high use of social media platforms such as Facebook has been linked to major negative out...
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For Further Research

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If you want to know more of this topic, here I will let you three cool pages where you can find more about. Teens, Technology and Romantic Relationships: From flirting to breaking up, social media and mobile phones are woven into teens’ romantic lives by Pew Research Center. This is a series of studies that focus in more aspects and with a scientific approach to the use of social media and mobile phones and the effect on romantic relationships. The amount of information provided from this organization is quite interesting and pleasing to read if you like the facts more than opinions. http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/01/teens-technology-and-romantic-relationships/ Gemma Styles This is a columnist from The Brief with some post related to the use of technology and its impact to social relationships. It is written more in a day-to-day communication way rather than from a scientific approach. http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/author/gemma-styles Social Media Impact...
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What the Experts Say II

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Wilkerson (2017) focuses on the effect of social media in romantic relationships and gives an interesting point of view. Is not a one side effect,it can have positive and negative effects where the personal traits of those involved in a romantic way plays a key role in how the effects will be. When there's a mutual understanding social media has a positive effect since it becomes a tool for communication and sharing memories of their experiences and by consequence can give a bigger importance to the relationships since the fact that they are together becomes widely public On the other hand if one or both of the involved are insecure social media can be quite negative due to the possibility of developing an obsessive behavior to monitor the partner’s social media profiles that can ultimately lead to jealousy and misunderstandings that damage the relationship. The full article named “ Social Networking and Romantic Relationships: Effecst on Development, Maintance, and D...
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What the Experts Say I

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Jim Taylor  in his article  “ Is Technology Creating a Family Divide?”, published in 2013,   focuses on the effect that social media has on family relationships. Is normal that as many aspects of life change as time passes by, families also suffer changes. Nowadays the specific role of men as  providers and women as housewives that can be seen in television shows aired during the 50’s and 60’s or in those set during those times such as “The wonder years”, progressively changed into a society where both men and women are part of the working world to the point where it has become strange to find full time housewives among middle and lower class families. So, if changes are part of the pass of time, what is different these days? They key is the “progression” of the change, Taylor (2013) points out that now the fast advance of technology causes a scenario where younger family members were born and raised surrounded by technology meaning up to a certain poi...
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Current Event 2

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A FB friendship that went wrong. A 19 year old guy ended up being arrested in Indiana as result of trying to rape a girl he met on Facebook. Kung Bik Cem, traveled from Jacksonville to Indianapolis in order to find the girl he met on Facebook at a wedding she was attending, she never agreed to meet him. According to her  statement she had never met him in person before and did not want any kind of relationship with Cem, but he did not accept it and did not leave her alone. During the ceremony in order to get the girl's attention, Cem took her phone so she in an attempt to get it back would follow him. She ended up inside his car and he drove away. When he stopped he forced the girl to the back seat as he told her he loves her, wants to take her back home with him and that he was going to impregnate her so she would have to marry him. Fortunately police arrived in time to stop Cem and rescue the girl. Cem is now facing charges for attempted rape, criminal confin...
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