UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA

FACOLTÁ DI LETTERE E FILOSOFIA, SCIENZE POLITICHE, GIURISPRUDENZA, INGEGNERIA, ECONOMIA

CORSO DI LAUREA INTERFACOLTÁ IN COMUNICAZIONE, INNOVAZIONE, MULTIMEDIALITÁ

COMMUNICATING IN COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS IN AN ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA

RELATORE:Chiar.mo Prof. Paolo CostaCORRELATORE:Chiar.mo Prof. Mario Dossoni

TESI DI LAUREA DI:Giulia Ruggieri

ANNO ACCADEMICO 2011/2012

Aims• How communication has

changed in the context of couple relationships in the era of the social media?• Internet and the social

networks have deeply changed the way we live and the way we communicate with each other.

Main issues

• Computer-mediated communication give us new spaces to express ourselves• Shift of focus• New perception of the self• Need of sharing

Why study relationships?

• Defining what a relationship is:– What do we consider as a relationship?– Through metaphors & narratives

• Main theories about relationships

An era of Social Media

• Social Networks • Computer-mediated

Communication• Networked individualism and

virtual togetherness• Facebook and its problems

New data & analysis

• Creation of a anonymous survey online• We had 118 results• Sex or age differences did

not affect the answers• Neither being in a

relationship

Questions part 1

Social network sites as an alternative way of communication?

Questions part 2Increasing social network’s use will impact in the future face-to-face communication in relationships?

Questions part 3

Do you think Facebook increase jealousy in a relationship?

Questions part 4

Would you check your partner’s activity on Facebook?

Questions part 5

Would you share your password with your partner?

Questions part 6

Does the relationship have to be on Facebook to be official?

Conclusions

• Communication is affected by social networking websites• New technologies’ impact• Need of new boundaries• New theories