virtual relationships in social media

Question 1

Self disclosure in virtual relationships

Answer 1

Sternberg involved revealing intimate and revealing sensitive information

Thoughts feelings goals

Question 2

Why self disclosure may be easier in virtual relationships

Answer 2

Ability makes self disclosure easier unsocial has confidence to speak too who would be embarrassed to speak face to face too

Question 3

Be - Ze’ev

Answer 3

Disclosing personal info online makes someone less vulnerable than self disclosure in a face to face situation

Can easily be withdraw from a situation if uncomfortable as not immediate contact

Question 4

What does online give that in person doesn’t

Answer 4

Freedom to disclose their true desires with others who share the same interests with instant response saving time when seeking a partner

Question 5

Parks and Floyd

Answer 5

People report disclosing significantly more their online relationships to real life

Question 6

McKenna et al aim

Answer 6

Whether people were better able to disclose their real self to others on internet rather than face to face

Question 7

McKenna et al procedure

Answer 7

Procedure :
Large sample 600 nearly randomly selected from internet newsgroup contributors both fem and male

Around 32 years old

Questionnaire were emailed asking to discuss their level of self disclosure

2 years later p were interviewed about relationships

Question 8

Results McKenna et al

Answer 8

High levels of social anxiety more likely to disclose their real self over the internet - relationships form - quicker and stronger than face to face

Allows these social anxiety alternative to forming relationships

Also form intimate real life relationships with people they meet on the internet

Question 9

McKenna conclusion

Answer 9

Increase levels of self disclosure over internet relationships developed far easier and quicker than face to face and become just as real

Question 10

Gene then et al

Answer 10

Support interact dark room more likely to self disclosure and like the person more than bright room

Question 11

Collin and miller

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People tend to like those who self disclose and more likely to reciprocate the behaviour leading to stronger relationships

Question 12

Reduce cue theories

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Communication like body language is missing results miss interpreting text or reading too much into typed communication

Question 13

Virtual relationships filter theory happens ….

Answer 13

Increased speed more efficiently online more honest due to anonymity

Question 14

What does virtual relationships miss that’s is essential

Answer 14

Face to face has body language tone of vice physical contact

Question 15

Nice and Erbring

Answer 15

regular internet users spent less time in real life relationships

Question 16

Negative aspects of social media - Clayton et al

Answer 16

More online time spent more argument over online social media - angering for real relationship in their lives - don’t have to tell the truth

Question 17

Facebook issues

Answer 17

High levels of Facebook users coupled was likely to lead to Facebook related arguements and jealously - emotional or physical cheating - increasing relationship break down

Question 18

One draw back of virtual relationships is

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Anonymity of online communication makes it possible for some to self disclosure in ways that misrepresent or distort true personality leading to mistrust

Question 19

Absence of gating

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Filtering wants and not such as religion

Question 20

McKenna et al absence of gating aim

Answer 20

Absence of gating in virtual relationship affect how much strangers liked each other

Question 21

Gating has decreased boundaries

Answer 21

Disability not knowing before meeting and connecting before

Question 22

Procedure

Answer 22

31 females and mates American undergraduates

Two 20 minute meetings get to know each other

Randomly assigned one of three conditions

P asked to rate how much they liked their partner 14 point scale and how intimate they felt

Question 23

What are the three conditions

Answer 23

P in control condition face to face meet

Interacted in first meeting over internet and second meeting face to face

Trading places condition -P interacted with one person in a face to face meeting and believed it was a different person over the internet second meeting (same person )

Question 24

Results McKenna et al

Answer 24

Tended to score their liking for partner higher after online meeting than meeting face to face

P in trading places condition reported knew the person they had met on the internet better and more intimately than the person face to face - same person

P met face to face based liking on physical characteristics

Question 25

Conclusion McKenna et al

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Superficial gating is only factor influencing how much people like each other in face to face interactions

Question 26

Support effect of absence of gating

Answer 26

Mesch - socially introverted Israeli teenagers were far more likely to develop positive virtual relationships online than face to face relationships

Social barriers preventing was not the case like in traditional face to face employment age status

Question 27

Virtual relationships have greater freedom of expression and intimacy because ….. which ….

Answer 27

High levels Self disclosure anonymity and absence of gating

increase likelihood virtual relationships will develop offline strong healthy real life

Question 28

Attachment styles

Answer 28

Insecure attachment mostly to develop parasocial relationship

Than secure

Question 29

Prefer parasocial relationships over real life because

Answer 29

Celebs don’t demand and less likely to experience criticism disappointment

Question 30

Cole and leets method and results

Answer 30

115 students parasocial scale two attachment style questionnaires

Found anxious ambilvalents are most likely to form parasocial relations

Avoidant were least likely to develop wasn’t bothered

secure middle

Question 31

Cohen

Answer 31

Anxious ambivalent viewers greater negative consequences for loss of favourite tv character than others attachment

Question 32

Maternal deprivation

Answer 32

44 thieves affectionless psychopaths criminals - stalking

Question 33

Dutton et al

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Fearful childhood attachments were more likely to show jealousy and surveillance behaviour

Question 34

+ face validity

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Face validity as makes sense that people displace earlier negative experiences into fantasy parasocial relationships lesslikely to be hurt again

Question 35

• many correlational

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Hard to show cause and effect

Question 36

Evolutionary theory argues

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Parasocial relationships are explained by the idea that unlike real work both sexes are free to select partners who perfectly match their desires and celebs regularly in the media become familiar and therefore people develop stresction to potential partners