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Scope<\/strong>: I will be analyzing how technology (specifically the internet, social media, and smart phones) is impacting social lives, with a focus on interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships. I will need to acknowledge all the good that technology has done for bringing us together, especially in increasing political efficacy. However, I want to focus on bringing in research and analyses discussing how technology has impacted our attention spans and communication skills, and how they may have in turn impaired our \u201creal\u201d, in-person relationships as well as our relationships with ourselves. For example, I can analyze results from studies such as \u201cThe Affects of Cell Phone Usage Rules on Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships\u201d which show that, for example, not messaging one\u2019s partner enough can cause dissatisfaction in relationships. I would also incorporate some \u201cprimary sources\u201d like newspaper op-eds in order to examine how people are responding to trends like these appearing before them.<\/p>\n

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Value<\/strong>: First, I will be asking how technology influences people\u2019s social skills and relationships. Just how \u201cdistracted\u201d have we become? To what degree is technology, instant access to information, and constant checking and updating of social media affecting us outside of the virtual world? Secondly, I want to ask why this is important. What impact will these decreasing social and communication skills have on the world? What happens when we lack meaningful, in-person relationships? What is the future of society going to look like if these trends continue? I want to include research to answer these questions, although I think including personal analyses\/opinions of these questions (from both scholars and everyday people who are living it) would be interesting as well.<\/p>\n

Originality<\/strong>: This topic is extremely relevant to modern times because this type of social technology has only been around for the last decade or so. I think my paper will add to the work done on this subject by supporting the possibility that technology is negatively affecting our social relationships and communication skills as well as how we see ourselves. The common person is most likely aware of general findings from studies about how technology is affecting us psychologically and sociologically. There have been many analyses of technology\u2019s impact on society within the arts recently, such as with the movies Her <\/em>and Wall-E<\/em>, or even comedian Aziz Ansari\u2019s novel Modern Romance<\/em>. I want to further analyze the studies by showing how people respond to this trend appearing before their very eyes, and how or if this trend will continue and affect society in the future. At this very moment, do people find our reliance on technology for socialization concerning? What, if anything, should be done?<\/p>\n

Practicality<\/strong>: I have found extensive research and information about this topic. Many psychologists and sociologists have conducted studies about how technology has affected attention, social skills, and personal relationships. For example, \u201cThe Effects of Cell Phone Usage Rules on Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships\u201d and \u201cTechnology, Relationships, and Culture: Clinical and Theoretical Implications\u201d are two journals which conducted research how technology (cell phones in particular) are estranging friendships and intimate relationships. My methodology will include comparing these studies done predominantly on American teenagers and college students with those done on communities that live without technology or those conducted in the past (pre-dating social media and smartphones). Almost all of the sources I will be using are from the library catalog or database. So far, I have been able to access all the articles and books I want to use in my paper. I also may incorporate some newspaper op-ed pieces to serve as primary sources of sorts which offer firsthand perspectives about the topic as it is unraveling.<\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/p>\n

Miller-Ott, Aimee, Lynne Kelly, and Robert Duran. \u201cThe Effects of Cell Phone Usage Rules on Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships.\u201d Communication Quarterly<\/em> 60, no. 1 (2012): 17-34.<\/p>\n

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Velasquez, Alcides, and Robert LaRose. \u201cSocial Media for Social Changes: Social Media Political Efficacy and Actitivism in Student Activist Groups.\u201d Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media<\/em> 59, no. 3 (2015): 456-74.<\/p>\n

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Zilberstein, Karen. \u201cTechnology, Relationships and Culture: Clinical and Theorectical Implications.\u201d Clinical Social Work Journal <\/em>43, no. 2 (2015): 151.<\/p>\n

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Crawford, Matthew B. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction<\/em>. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015.<\/p>\n

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Roberts, Paul. The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification<\/em>. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014.<\/p>\n

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