Meghan

Kingsley Research Question: How has facebook affected relationships? How has facebook changed our way of interacting? How has facebook changed the notion of stalking? Working Thesis: Facebook has had an immense impact on interpersonal interaction and the way we see ourselves. 1) Facebook has actually been proven to increase self-esteem because it reflects selective showing of self. a. Evidence: Mirror, Mirror, on my facebook wall 2) Facebook has complicated romantic relationships because of the notion of being facebook official a. Evidence: Relationships can shift in a digital age 3) The use of facebook has made it much more difficult for anyone to cheat on their significant other because the fact that theyre in a relationship is out on the internet. a. Evidence: Facebook check-ins have made it possible to even know where youre significant other is. 4) Facebook allows for people to stalk others and monitor everything they do. a. Evidence: Online Obsessional Relationship Intrusion: Further Concerns about Facebook 5) Facebook can envoke jealousy a. Green-Eyed monster article Possible Objections: 1) Facebook can make people more depressed a. Evidence: Seeing all the fun things that other people do that youre not doing. b. Flaws: Mirror, Mirror information 2) People still manage to cheat in the current age, just list nothing on their facebook profile a. Evidence: cheating that goes unnoticed b. Flaws: Examples of relationships ended by finding something out on facebook. Possible Sources: 1) Online Obsessive Intrusion: Further Concerns about Facebook 2) Mirror, Mirror on my Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self- esteem 3) More Information than you ever wanted: Does Facebook Bring out the Green- Eyed monster of jealousy? 4) Sex and Love: Its Complicated

Exploratory Draft: In this paper I plan to assess how Facebook has caused a change in the way we interact. I think its important for people to understand because we all remember a time when there was no facebook so weve been around to see the changes and assess whether or not theyre positive or negative My intended audience is the users of Facebook and people will benefit from it so they can understand its effects and not fall victim to the ones that are negative. Awareness of its effects are key because people spend so much time using it. I think my audience will expect an emphasis on romantic and platonic relationships and Ive already found a lot of information on both. I think I can incorporate works from Edentity about our online selves versus our true selves. Also, the article relative to facebook friends. Should I narrow my topic? I left it to all relationships because I didnt want to get too narrow, however, Im not sure if now its too much.