The Importance Of Social Media In Relationships

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There use to be a time when we would write letters and get excited to receive mail. There use to be a time when we would wait for people to call us on our house phone, and when the idea of having a cell phone wasn’t as life changing as it’s become today. Those times were known as the “good old days”. Social media is starting to become the number one problem with relationships. It 's not just effecting relationships, its effecting the entire world.

Social media and cell phones are playing a huge role in my relationship. Its true, it does bring more fights. Every time we go out to eat, or even just watch a movie on the couch one of us is on our phone. Usually I’m the one that’s on my phone and Samuel has self disclosed to me that it upsets him. He told me that when I am on my phone all the time that I don’t meet his interpersonal needs for affection.

I feel that social media plays a huge role in the “coming …show more content…

If someone is interested in certain books, bands, recipes or ideas, it 's likely that their interest will be provided for by a social networking service. If users are looking for something more specific or unusual then they could create their own groups or networking sites. Social networking can help young people develop their interests and find other people who share the same interests. They can help introduce young people to new things and ideas, and deepen appreciation of existing interests. They can also help broaden users ' horizons by helping them discover how other people live and think in all parts of the world. Instead of just knowing about our own culture and beliefs we can learn about people all over the world. Its also a good way to learn about what’s going on in the world. If you didn’t have a television you could just read about everything happening from social media. Whenever ISIS attacked Paris everyone was posting on Facebook “prayers for Paris” and even changing their profile picture to the French

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