Computer-Mediated Channels and Young-Adult Romantic Relationships
Now, more than ever, relationships are experiencing constant connections online. The way modern technological forms of communication, or computer-mediated communication (CMC), affect romantic relationships is explored through the analysis of survey responses from undergraduate college students in dyadic, heterosexual romantic relationships. Closely examining previous scholarship, the gap in the literature becomes clear. Although scholarship has focused on relationships on Facebook and the appearance of maintenance and jealousy (Dainton and Stokes, 2015), cell phone usage, romantic relationships channels and intimacy (Borae and Peña, 2010; Morey et al. 2013), and the way in which social media can make romantic relationships vulnerable (Abbasi, 2018), the current investigation augments existing research by connecting different forms of CMC to several variables that constitute perceived relational satisfaction within romantic relationships.