The Absence of Gating in Virtual Relationship
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- The Absence of Gating in Virtual Relationship
- We use features e.g. attractiveness, age or ethnicity to categorise potential partners before deciding whether we would like a relationship with that person.
- In online relationships there is an absence of these barriers or ‘gates’ that hinder the less attractive, shy or less socially skilled to form relationships in face-to-face encounters.
- A consequence of removing the barriers or ‘gates’ is that a person’s true self is more likely to be active in internet relationships than it is in face-to-face interactions. This enables them to form close relationships over the internet.
- STRENGTH
- P - Research support for absence of gating was conducted by Baker and Oswald (2010).
- E - They asked 207 male and female participants to complete a questionnaire, scoring their answers in terms of shyness, internet use and perception of quality of their friendships.
- E - They found that those people who scored highly on shyness and internet use, perceived the quality of their friendships as high.
- L - The findings imply that as online communication helps people to overcome their shyness, so the quality of their face-to-face communication also improves.
- E - They found that those people who scored highly on shyness and internet use, perceived the quality of their friendships as high.
- E - They asked 207 male and female participants to complete a questionnaire, scoring their answers in terms of shyness, internet use and perception of quality of their friendships.
- P - Virtual
communication
can also
be used by
established
couples to
increase
feelings of
closeness.
- E - Lenhart
and Duggan
(2014) studied
Americans
in long-term
relationships
and found
that 25% of
participants
had texted
their partners
when they
were, in fact, at
home together
at the time.
- E -
Furthermore,
21% of those
surveyed about
their mobile
phone use
said that it had
helped them to
feel closer to
their partner,
especially
in instances
where they had
a disagreement
to resolve.
- L - This means that relationships in real life can be affected positively by virtual Communications between the two partners.
- E -
Furthermore,
21% of those
surveyed about
their mobile
phone use
said that it had
helped them to
feel closer to
their partner,
especially
in instances
where they had
a disagreement
to resolve.
- E - Lenhart
and Duggan
(2014) studied
Americans
in long-term
relationships
and found
that 25% of
participants
had texted
their partners
when they
were, in fact, at
home together
at the time.
- P - Research support for absence of gating was conducted by Baker and Oswald (2010).
- WEAKNESS
- P - Research
into virtual
relationships is
based on the
experiences
of mainly
Western,
technologically
developed
cultures.
- E - Internet
technology
is not readily
available
in some
countries, so
the conclusions
about the
development
and effects
of virtual
communication
on romantic
relationships
cannot be
applied
to them.
- E - There are
also important
gender
differences
in virtual
relationships as
women tended
to rate their
relationships
formed online
as more
intimate, and
valued selfdisclosure,
more highly
than men.
- L - This lowers the validity of research into virtual relationships, limiting the range of relationships it explains.
- E - There are
also important
gender
differences
in virtual
relationships as
women tended
to rate their
relationships
formed online
as more
intimate, and
valued selfdisclosure,
more highly
than men.
- E - Internet
technology
is not readily
available
in some
countries, so
the conclusions
about the
development
and effects
of virtual
communication
on romantic
relationships
cannot be
applied
to them.
- P - An
issue with
studying virtual
relationship in
social media
is that it is
affected by
changes in
a fast-paced
society.
- E - Most of
the research
examining
virtual
relationships
was conducted
in the late
1990s and
early 2000s.
As technology
is changing
rapidly, so
is the nature
of online
relationships.
- E - Therefore,
psychological
research in
this area risks
becoming
outdated by
the time it is
published.
- L - This lowers the temporal validity of research into online relationships and means that the findings into virtual relationships may not necessarily apply to the current situation.
- E - Therefore,
psychological
research in
this area risks
becoming
outdated by
the time it is
published.
- E - Most of
the research
examining
virtual
relationships
was conducted
in the late
1990s and
early 2000s.
As technology
is changing
rapidly, so
is the nature
of online
relationships.
- P - Research
into virtual
relationships is
based on the
experiences
of mainly
Western,
technologically
developed
cultures.
- We use features e.g. attractiveness, age or ethnicity to categorise potential partners before deciding whether we would like a relationship with that person.
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