New Couples Research Batters Social Media
Social media in trouble (again!)
New couples may want to get off Facebook. Recent findings suggest that social media has negative effects on the longevity of marriages and relationships.A study directed by James E. Katz, a professor of Emerging Media Studies at the College of Communications, looked into the correlation between social media use, marital issues and divorce and concluded that Facebook is a 'significant predictor of divorce rates and marital troubles.'
Data was also collected in 2011 by the University of Texas who found the headlining statistic. In their investigations, they asked over 1000 married people aged between 18 and 39 how happy they were in their relationships. Non-social media users reported being 11% more satisfied with their relationship than those who were heavy social media users.
It was these heavy social media users that proved the most interesting section of the demographic asked, as they came back with the most worrying statistics. Of these 'heavy users', it was found that they were 32% more likely to think about leaving the marital home - that is twice the rate of the non users!
Facebook is no stranger to criticism of late; allegations of the company spying on users with various social experiments, means that many are threatening to log off Facebook completely.
With social media having an ever present and increasing impact on our lives, it is becoming clear that we now have to be very careful what we choose to broadcast online.
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