PHI103
Does Social Media Harm or Help
Relationships?
University Of Arizona Global Campus
PHI103: Informal Logic
We live in a time where social media is used by just about everyone we know. It's easy to
find the platform that suits one best, with many different platforms to choose from and tailored
differently. At the same time, social media is supposed to be a harmless virtual world where you
can keep in touch with old high school friends or family from back home. Sometimes it can be
the source of blame when having relationship problems. Does social media help or harm our
romantic relationships? This paper will look at opposing arguments and evaluate their reasoning
from scholarly sources. Does social media harm or help relationships
Presentation of an argument that social media harms relationships
A study was performed by the San Jose State University Psychology Department focusing on the
effects of Facebook use within committed relationships. The article When Flirting Turns Into
Infidelity: The Facebook Dilemma (Abbasi & Alghamadi, 2017) suggested that excessive
Facebook use resulted in negative interpersonal consequences and damaging relationship
behaviors such as comparing their significant others to individuals online and can lead to
emotional and physical infidelity (2017). In a study exploring reasons behind marital affairs, one
hundred men were surveyed, and results found that 8% of men did not report dissatisfaction. On
the other hand, 48% of men reported emotional dissatisfaction as the root cause of their infidelity
(2017).
The primary argument given may be represented in standard form as follows:
Premises one: Data from studies has been collected on the effects of relationship
Does Social Media Harm or Help
Relationships?
University Of Arizona Global Campus
PHI103: Informal Logic
We live in a time where social media is used by just about everyone we know. It's easy to
find the platform that suits one best, with many different platforms to choose from and tailored
differently. At the same time, social media is supposed to be a harmless virtual world where you
can keep in touch with old high school friends or family from back home. Sometimes it can be
the source of blame when having relationship problems. Does social media help or harm our
romantic relationships? This paper will look at opposing arguments and evaluate their reasoning
from scholarly sources. Does social media harm or help relationships
Presentation of an argument that social media harms relationships
A study was performed by the San Jose State University Psychology Department focusing on the
effects of Facebook use within committed relationships. The article When Flirting Turns Into
Infidelity: The Facebook Dilemma (Abbasi & Alghamadi, 2017) suggested that excessive
Facebook use resulted in negative interpersonal consequences and damaging relationship
behaviors such as comparing their significant others to individuals online and can lead to
emotional and physical infidelity (2017). In a study exploring reasons behind marital affairs, one
hundred men were surveyed, and results found that 8% of men did not report dissatisfaction. On
the other hand, 48% of men reported emotional dissatisfaction as the root cause of their infidelity
(2017).
The primary argument given may be represented in standard form as follows:
Premises one: Data from studies has been collected on the effects of relationship
