Online+Dating

Online Dating and Relationships- What is your take on this topic? = = =Welcome to my Informative Wikispace......read and enjoy!=
 * //During my research process; after reshaping my thesis statement numerous times the best strategy is pulling out keywords. I researched different databases and obtained more specific information using these keywords. After using these various databases, I found that the database; __Academic Search Complete__ provided me more specific articles on my topic, it is very important to approach your subject at different angles. And the best way to do this is by using more advanced search techniques like the Boolean technique. Also, You tube videos from users document there tips on online dating.//**

__**Thesis Statement**:__

 * Tagged.com and other social networking sites are a new and effective approach to dating, using these social network sites give the user choices before establishing personal contact.**

**__Research Questions?__**
1. How does internet dating compare to face to face human contact? 2. What if any positive impact has came out of online dating and social networking sites? 3. To what extent have online dating contributed to long-term relationships? 4. How are users of these sites screened for authenticity of their profiles?

==**Online relationships and dating through social networking and dating websites are really what you make it. It is an individual process for anyone; no two people may have the same outcome when looking for that special someone online. Through my research and reading I find that you are your own expert in this new dating game. Although, there’s a lot of advice out there and it can be very useful especially for those who are naive and think that everyone on these sites are on the up and up. There are definitely pros and cons to this new experience from marriage proposals to predators. This can be a great tool before actually having a face to face interaction, it just really takes away from, meeting at grocery stores and other public places, but after researching I think it's a positive tool. and with the amount of users on these sites today it's definitely widely used, so who says it's a bad thing? The most important aspect of online dating is time; time is on your side, you must be patient. If you don’t have patience you can find yourself in a bad situation. I haven’t found any real experts in this subject, it’s all up to you either you meet your soul mate or you don’t but don’t settle for the very first one that sounds good, take your time email a little, chat a lot, my advice is if you get to that point to meet someone make sure it’s in a public place like a restaurant, and do that numerous times before you actually feel the need to go further. And, remember your only expert is u.**== media type="youtube" key="VYUg7PlXdYA" height="315" width="420" List of some dating sites:

[|https://www.zoosk.com]

[|http://www.eharmony.com]

[|http://www.match.com]

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[|http://www.matchmaker.com]

Theres many other dating sites depending on what you are looking for....the best way to find the right one is research the different sites...some are mentioned above to name a few but there are many many many online dating sites out there. media type="youtube" key="5m7ONvxLcNs" height="315" width="560" Uploaded by datingsitesranked  on May 27, 2009 http://www.DatingSitesRanked.com This is another You tube Video I found helpful in ranking some of the top dating sites.

= = = = = = = = =WORKS CITED= ====== __ Annotated bibliography __ This article covers how social media is playing a part when it comes to relationships. The study focuses on Facebook and issues pertaining to dating, flirting and how it can cause breakups. The surveys and statistical findings were produced by a market research firm named //Lab 42//. This public article found in the blogs section of the Huff Tech an online internet newspaper is intended for people of all ages as an informative dialogue on social media and relationships and how “technology is changing the way we relate romantically to one another.” The study shows that “ Lab 42, found that Facebook can bring about both the beginning and end of a relationship. The study found that 33 percent of respondents had broken up with a significant other via text message, email or Facebook; 40 percent they would conceivably do so.”
 * Emerson, Ramona. “Facebook Relationships: Study Shows Who’s Flirting, Dating and Breaking up Online.” //The Huffington Post.// 11 Nov 16//,// Web. 11 Dec 2011 **

__ Annotated bibliography __ This was another study developed to query the minds of users of social media who choose to develop online relationships through this new technology of online dating. The first author had developed this as a thesis; //The Impact of Internet Technologies on Primary and Secondary Romantic Relationship Development//. This 18 page article goes though the steps and into a deeper psychology of online relationships. It also intensely breaks down their methods, procedures, participants and results of their finding throughout the research of online relationships which in turn helped me significantly in understanding how profound of a subject that I selected. “Participants were divided into three categories based on self-reported media preference: asynchronous text, synchronous text, and rich media. No significant differences existed on measures of relational confidence or intimacy based solely on media selection. Participants utilizing the Internet to maintain a secondary romantic **relationship ** reported higher levels of relational certainty and greater expectations of future interaction with their **online ** partner than participants involved exclusively in **online ** **relationships ** (i.e., the **online ** **relationship ** was the participant's only romantic **relationship **).”
 * Pauley, Perry M., and Tara M. Emmers-Sommer. "The Impact of Internet Technologies on Primary and Secondary Romantic Relationship Development." //Communication Studies// 58.4 (2007): 411-427. //Academic Search Complete//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011**

__ Annotated bibliography __ This is an article out of Newsweek Magazine. It covers another concept of online relationships in this new age of science and technology. It begins by discussing a couple who met on Jdate.com a Jewish online dating site. It also discusses the pros and cons of this new dating game. There are also lists of links of online dating websites that you can venture into and check out for yourself. Since the authors are from different areas; one from Washington, one from Beijing and it doesn’t state where the first author is from…I take it that they are probably not experts in this area but have done quite a bit of research to produce this commentary. The good thing is everyone has their own different attitude toward online dating, meeting and having sexual relationships with men/women they meet online. This article only “ Discusses the use of the Internet to find romance. Discussion of Web sites which offer matchmaking services; Cost of services; How people falsely describe themselves; Drawbacks of using Internet **dating ** services and some examples of success and failures.”
 * Stone, Brad, Adam Rogers, and Kevin Platt. "Love Online." //Newsweek// 137.8 (2001): 46. //Academic Search Complete//. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. **