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Online Romantic Relationships

Online Romantic Relationships

About 10% of singles in the United States in 2011

are using online dating websites

3 class members will use online dating websites

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What is the first step in online

dating?a. Create a Second Life accountb. Create a personal profilec. Facebook stalk someone until they agree to go

out with youd. Check the personal section on Craig’s List


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Meeting Online• The first step in online dating is creating

a personal profile for yourself.

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Meeting Online• Think of it like this: the online dating realm is similar to a shopping mall.

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Meeting Online

Qualities online daters look for in others:

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•Physical Attractiveness •Career•Interests•Intelligence


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Meeting Online• GOAL of online dating website is to connect you to your potential romantic partners.

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• The majority of Internet romantic relationships develop opposite of how one develops an offline face-to-face relationship.

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• Online relationships may be more characterized by a higher degree of personal investment of time and self-disclosure than typical offline relationships.

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On average, how many people get married

everyday because of online dating services?

a. 0-100b. 100-200c. 400-500d. 500-600


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Benefits•know a little about the person before meeting them •feel more comfortable communicating online at first•relationship develops faster

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Drawbacks•hard to tell when someone is telling the truth•relationships can develop too fast•may take away the excitement and chemistry of meeting someone new

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How many of you know of a relationship that has ended online?


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•Skype•Facebook•Email


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Which of the following is not an online dating

website?a. Match.comb. eHarmony.comc. IWantLove.comd. DateMySchool.com


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Online Relationships•Expanding internet leads to more research•We’ve seen CMC themes in recent movies as it become more relevant to our lives


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Online Dating Sites

•The internet now offers so much variety when it comes to dating websites•So what’s out there for our age group?


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Social Networks•Who uses them?•Jealousy can be positive & negative


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DateMySchool.com— “facilitate meeting of students from different departments within the same school and between different universities”

Marriages resulting from online relationships marrying online

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