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Sakinasukinah Alammar
English composition II

Glena Madden

8/8/2021

My Research question is: How does Media affect relationship? Media is the way to

interact between people who want to create or share information and ideas in the virtual

communities. As far as worldwide connections go, Facebook, Instagram, and Google+ are the

most popular options. If not all, at least one of the Media websites must be used in the 21st

century. As a result of Media, strangers from all over the world may no longer be strangers but

may instead become friends. As a result of meeting through the Social Media, many people have

formed relationships that lead to marriage.

Through the years, relationships have evolved, with Media playing a major role in the

process. The past and present have undergone a major shift. People we met at school or in our

local communities used to be able to form relationships with one other in the past. Most of the

friends in the past were relatives or family’s friends. In the past, it was hard to find friends with

the same interest as you. Relationships have grown easier in comparison to today. Media allows

to have the opportunity to discover what's happening in the world and to connect with people

from all around the world and stay in touch with us no matter the long distance between us.

Media has helped individuals to find the common ground or interests with other online friends.

That is making the world seem more approachable and easier for everyone. Relationships can be

forged, and personal interactions can be enhanced through networking sites. Everyone can
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discuss about his interests or passions on networking networks. In the Media age, it is easier to

discover your peers. As a result, some people may discover a romantic companion.

Media networking websites are catch teenagers' eyes to make relationships, especially at

schools and particularly in the university between students and finding information. getting

connected with friends or school classmates is one of the easiest ways. Absolutely, Media has

many websites have designed to be a good environment with different applications for improving

knowledge and get information between teachers and students. it is a good way to make a good

connection between them.

Media is a good place to share your experience, look, and learn from others experience.

Many people they even do not know what they are interested in. The environment may not be

suitable for them to know their hobbies or interests. Or they may have grown up in families who

are not very interested in discovering the interests of each one of them. Media is a good place

for them. It allows them to discover themselves and enjoy with a new experiment. Many

websites designed to be great places to learn and enjoy with peers.

Also, the frequent search in Media will make the advertisements more suitable to attract you,

and easier to find sites or pages that may catch your eyes. This feature may make a person

indulge in sites that develop his skills, and thus may have a significant impact on his hobbies and

personality so that may let people look for their partners who interested on same field.

Media can lead to jealousy. One of the most issue, at the Media , that may impact in our

relationships. Some people get upset seeing their partner like or comment on other people's

posts, which raises fears that their partner is interested in other people. Many people who use
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Media are suspicious and jealous in new relationships or even with students. This issue has made

many people afraid of making new relationships or finding their partner on Media.

Nowadays, narcissistic most likely belong to Media. Excessive Media use is linked to

narcissistic traits in some cases. Many people that addictive Media, like to reflect an attempt to

improve self-esteem and different aspects of narcissism. people who frequently post selfies may

be displaying grandiosity, one of the common traits of narcissism in Media. Also, making a

relationship with a narcissist is not healthy for you or even for your thoughts.

Bullying is unwanted and aggressive behavior that can be between children that involves

a real or perceived power imbalance it is bad behavior that can be repeated by some people.

bullying has become a major issue in the last couple of years in Media. many people post things

in front of their peers and humiliate them because they feel like the victims who cannot easily

defend and protect themselves.

With Media, especially, Facebook and Twitter. there is a new form of bullying that has emerged

often called ‘cyber bullying. cyber-bullying, aggression can occur in video games as well. cyber

bully, they are practicing this kind of bullying, are able to hide their identity and post or share

everything as anyone else. ''The National Children's Home study in Britain found that one in four

children reported being bullied on the Internet. These issues left teenagers with deep mental scars

and have even led to teen suicides''. Also, there are many stories about students and young

people harassing behavior in Media that may prompt suicides or inflicts physical.
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Media and criminal activities have connected on the same concepts for many people.

Many criminals took advantage of Media and concealed their identity to allow many crimes to

be committed through Media. The most prevalent crimes online were cyberbullying, cyber

terrorism, human trafficking, and drug trafficking. This negativity of Media has made many

people not trust anyone on Media.

Although there are a lot of downsides to Media, there are a lot of ways that helps and

affects our relationships on the good way. For example, one of the greatest features that you can

save your moment even by the sound and pictures. With Media, you can practically make

photograph albums as a place to save all your memories. Moreover, many photographers may

share their photos and share experiences to learn and enjoy. even if you are not very good at

taking pictures, Media has many applications to use and enjoy like a professional.

Coupls may have curiosity to ask about a past bad relationship to avoid making the same

mistakes, but most of them feel shy to ask. There is a lot of good websites on Media that share

their relationship and can learn from it. also, we can see some posts from relationship bloggers

and psychotherapists. As long we know the source and it is coming from a place to learn from

and not a comparison, that can motivate couples to improve some parts of the relationship that

have been neglected.

Media is an easy and good environment for athletes or beginners in dieting regimes. This good

feature allows them to communicate and disseminate information or successful or failed

experiences so that they can learn from other experiences in more than one source to get the most

benefit. Also, this feature allows people to save some of money instead of paying the gyms.

Many people feel shy to tell their weight, even though they want some advice or guidance that

may help them manage their diet or start new sports activities. Media make that easer for them,
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so they can tell the high and weight to get the feedback from the experts without identifying

themselves.

Staying in touch with friends and family is one of the main reasons individuals use

Media. (Pempek, Yermolayeva, & Calvert, 2009; Subrahmanyam, Reich, Waechter, & Espinoza,

2008; Wang, Tchernev, & Solloway, 2012). networking is a great way to stay in touch with

friends and family. It's not uncommon for folks to have an internet buddy they've never met in

person.

Everyone has the right to privacy. Almost everyone who uses Media complains about the

loss of privacy that comes with the technology. Sherry Turkle's research has been published in

several journals (2010), she makes the supposition that there is “no intimacy without privacy and

as young adults share more and more on Media” ( Media, Relationships, and Young Adults). As

a result, many people reveal their personal information on Media sites, while others breach their

privacy.

Interpersonal relationships need personal, in person conversation and interaction. A major

drawback of Media has been that it prevents individuals from speaking directly to others and not

just via smart phones. Although Media is the primary means through which individuals connect

with one another, physical and personal touch is not required. There is an obsession towards this

easy type of informal interaction as individuals become acclimated and familiar with it over

time.

As a result, Media is a fantastic approach for people who are timid and ashamed to meet

new friends or communicate about their interests and hobbies.as Shepherd and Edelmann said

‘’Those who are shyer find power in using Media because the anonymity can let them be more
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open (Shepherd & Edelmann, 2005)’’. Most websites allow people to talk with no names

required or even with a nickname.

Most people use Media as a part of their day. No wonder younger generations are addicted to

Media and regularly change their photos and profile to gain attention. They even change their

original identities to be liked and accepted by others. Even the elderly is actively involved in

these Media. Also, we can say that Media is not only daily life or personal life, but in business

and especially in human resource functions for most people.

Apart from personal relationships, Media also improves professional relationships amongst

people and help find new opportunities. This provides everyone the chance to talk about their

knowledge and what they want to be recognized for on the Media platforms that are available.

Valuable business will be made when people share their skills.  chances of meeting like-minded

individuals will subsequently increase as one discovers how to convey their professional

expertise, accomplishments, and outcomes. One’s exposure may skyrocket if people invest time

in developing their expertise and monitoring their Media profiles consistently. Valuable material

is always shared and talked about over such platforms, therefore the the more people with such

content you interact the more are the chances of one to grow and develop themselves. Getting

inspiration from other people could also boost your growth in that niche or even improve your

overall personality. One must also interact with the material of others. Relationships may be built

by watching, monitoring and following individuals on such platforms and establishing lost

lasting connections to them.

But Every coin has both sides, likewise Media has its own advantage and disadvantages.

If we say in nut and shell, there are advantages of Media as well. As a means to preserve and
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share recollections, memories, experiences, etc platforms have mostly supplanted conventional

picture albums.

Media may be utilized in a way to commemorate the things you accomplish and create together.

For partners, spouses and families who don't live together and for those in long-distance

relationships, this is very useful where they are Interconnected through Media and still feel

nearby. Kerkhof, Finkenauer, and Muusses (2011) called this phenomenon a “syntopia. It is not

uncommon for people to have more online pals who are more enjoyable to be around than the

folks they encounter in person.

On the other hand, there are certain downsides to networking. You and your partner may be

distracted from your relationship if you try to keep up. You or your lover may be disappointed

when real life doesn't match up to the continuous highlight reels, we watch on networking sites.

If their spouse comments or likes another person's post, they may worry that their partner has a

romantic interest in someone else. There is evidence that the excessive usage of Media might

raise mistrust and envy in romantic relationships amongst people.

Concluding, many of us worry how Media impacts our connections with people, since our

smartphones are sometimes the only thing we see often. It's true that Media itself has perks, such

as keeping in contact with loved ones and receiving ideas and inspirations. It may also be used to

network and make new acquaintances.

A relationship might even grow strained when one partner's internet usage begins to alter

the nature of the relationship. most people today use Media to establish interactions with people

from other races and nations. Furthermore, Media has the largest impact in our relationships

with people and community, which have their own advantages and disadvantages. However,
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some people come across a difficulty to get themselves away from Media which is unfortunately

a disadvantage of it. Since such platforms might provide valuable information, they can also

promote to envy, unhealthy behaviors, and unreasonable and false expectations between people

and their relationships. Being continuously an active Media user, one might also interfere with

affection and relation with your spouse. While Media isn't always a negative thing, unfollowing

posts, feeds or even profiles that cause one feel awful and focusing on feeds that enable you

sound powerful in your relationship could seem beneficial.

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