New Wave of Internet Technology and the Effects on off-line Relationshi

AbstractThere is a new place for exploration in regards to relationships traditionally we meet deal on the street, at prohibit or by other friends. However, since the vast expansion of profit users, there have risen new ways of interacting and communicating with others. There are places on line that are specifically made to meet people in several(predicate) context and environments. Some of these areas include instant message engines, chat rooms, and different other net based companies, which provide these services. Along with these new technological advances, as with many other things, there are negative outcomes. There has been search done on how these new ways of communication may cause turmoil to a relationships, through the idea of 0Internet Infidelity,1 Internet infidelity is defined by Shaw, 0as taking the inner energy of any sort thoughts, feelings, and behaviors out side a committed sexual relationship in such a way that it damages the relationship, and then pretendin g that that this drain in energy will affect neither render or the relationship as long as it remains undercover. (p. 29)1 Some individuals discount these acts of interactions on line as 0non-real,1 consequently not constituting them as cheating but through my explore and my qualitative inquiries, I have found that 0cyber cheating1 may and has caused awful consequences in relationships. IntroductionThere has always been a concern about cheating with in relationships. However, the risk seems to have increase with the advances of new technologies, such as the Internet and the services it provides in regards to meeting people. The Internet now offers many opportunities to meet people on-line through services such as on-line personal ads, chat rooms, and instant messenger systems. It is reported that, 0national averages indicate that families have wholeheartedly adopted the computer and the Internet access into their homes in relatively short time. The exponential growth of Internet access at home raises questions regarding how Internet sexuality influences couples sexual relationship and sexual satisfaction-(Gonya, 2004, p. 386)1 These new technologies have provided individuals in relationships the opportunity to venture in to a new way of what would be considered 0internet infidelity.1 The reason people get trapped into ... ...relationships, when in a real physical relationship will damage the relationship that is that is not cybernetic. However, I suggest more research to be in this new area of infidelity, in order to give a stronger base to its substitutability. References and Works CitedM. Castro. 2005, May. 21. (Personal Interview, May 21, 2005)Gonya, J. 2004. Internet Sexuality Clinical Implications for Couples. American Journal of Family Therapy. Vol. 32, Issue 5 P.375Gwinnell, E., 1998. Online Seduction and Falling in Love with Strangers on the Internet. New York Kodansha America, Inc. p. 88-121. Leiblum, S. R. 1997. Sex and the Net. Clinical Implica tions. Journal of Sex education and Therapy. 22. p. 21-27Patton Q., Michael. soft Research & Evaluation Methods 3rd Edition. California Sage Publication Inc. p.215-225.Powell D.1995, Engendering Infidelity Essentialist of Social Constructionist Readings of a Story Completion Task. Feminism and Psychology, p. 345-372.Shaw, J., 2001, Treatment Rational for Internet Infidelity. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, 22, p. 29-34. Whitty, M. 2004, Cyber Cheating. Counseling and Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 15 Issue 8, p.38.