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29/08/2013
Modern break-ups are made all the more complicated thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of social networking sites.
A new survey, complied of more than 2,000 British people as part of Diffusion's UK Social-ology Study 2013, looked at how people's lives are displayed – and often shared – through social media activity, such as Facebook and Twitter.
The research revealed that when a couple make the decision to go their separate ways, many undertake a "social media cleanse".
Some 42% of participants admitted they 'unfriend' their ex on Facebook, or 'unfollow' them on Twitter, around a month after they split, while 34% delete all their online images of their former flame. A further 31% said they went as far as to remove all contact with their ex-partner's family and friends as well.
For the 18 to 34-year-olds, 34% confessed they felt it acceptable for 'break-up cleanses' to involve deleting all photographs of their ex.
Elsewhere in the study, 65% said it is acceptable to boast about their new relationship status by changing their Facebook profile to 'single' within the first month of a break-up, while 18% said they would alter their status to 'in a relationship' with someone new within the first month. A further 30% said it would be okay to upload and tag their new love interest in photos within the first month of a previous break-up.
However, 17% of respondents admitted they felt it was acceptable to 'stalk' an ex-partner's social media accounts to see if they have a new partner.
Psychologist and behavioural expert, Professor Craig Jackson, of Birmingham City University is quoted as saying: "These findings confirm what many psychologists have suspected about those who have grown up surrounded by social media - that they fall in 'digital love' quickly (that is, to provide on-line confirmation and validation of a new relationship) but are just as capable of falling out of it quickly too, and with some clinical precision.
"When new romances form, the digital confirmation (e.g. Facebook status) is often viewed as THE confirmation of the new relationship that makes it both real and public.
"It makes sense then that this method is also used as a decisive means of confirming to the world the end of a romance."
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Social Media Affects Relationships
Modern break-ups are made all the more complicated thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of social networking sites.
A new survey, complied of more than 2,000 British people as part of Diffusion's UK Social-ology Study 2013, looked at how people's lives are displayed – and often shared – through social media activity, such as Facebook and Twitter.
The research revealed that when a couple make the decision to go their separate ways, many undertake a "social media cleanse".
Some 42% of participants admitted they 'unfriend' their ex on Facebook, or 'unfollow' them on Twitter, around a month after they split, while 34% delete all their online images of their former flame. A further 31% said they went as far as to remove all contact with their ex-partner's family and friends as well.
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For the 18 to 34-year-olds, 34% confessed they felt it acceptable for 'break-up cleanses' to involve deleting all photographs of their ex.
Elsewhere in the study, 65% said it is acceptable to boast about their new relationship status by changing their Facebook profile to 'single' within the first month of a break-up, while 18% said they would alter their status to 'in a relationship' with someone new within the first month. A further 30% said it would be okay to upload and tag their new love interest in photos within the first month of a previous break-up.
However, 17% of respondents admitted they felt it was acceptable to 'stalk' an ex-partner's social media accounts to see if they have a new partner.
Psychologist and behavioural expert, Professor Craig Jackson, of Birmingham City University is quoted as saying: "These findings confirm what many psychologists have suspected about those who have grown up surrounded by social media - that they fall in 'digital love' quickly (that is, to provide on-line confirmation and validation of a new relationship) but are just as capable of falling out of it quickly too, and with some clinical precision.
"When new romances form, the digital confirmation (e.g. Facebook status) is often viewed as THE confirmation of the new relationship that makes it both real and public.
"It makes sense then that this method is also used as a decisive means of confirming to the world the end of a romance."
(JP/CD)
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