Married to Social Media?
Sociologists and psychologists, meantime, have been exploring the impact of social networking on real-world relationships, especially marriage, and some have questioned whether excessive use of social media could play a role in divorce.
The Wall Street Journal debunked reports that 1 in 5 marriages were ruined by Facebook, noting that there appeared to be no scientific evidence supporting such data.
Sherry Turkle, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has written extensively about the impact of social media on relationships, theorizing that they actually weaken human ties. In her book,Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, she chronicles some of the negative impacts of constantly being connected by technology, which paradoxically can leave people feeling more alone.
Still other researchers have concluded that social networking can make people feel better about themselves and more connected to society.