1. By: Claire Kampman

2. Source: “Breaking up in the digital age is difficult study says.” Image from Flickr by Robert S. Donovan

3. Source: “How Facebook ruined dating (And Breaking Up Too)”

5. Source:“I Now Pronounce You FBO:Facebook Official”

7. Turning down their friend request is
simple, easy and much more
comfortable-for both parties-than
telling someone “I’m not that into
you.”
Source: “I Now Pronounce You FBO:Facebook official.” Image from MorgueFile by Dzz

8. Updating your social-
network status. Or, as
it is commonly called,
becoming Facebook
Official, or FBO. “This
status is a new
milestone for couples.”
Source: “I Now Pronounce You FBO: Facebook Official.”
Image from MorgueFile by grietgriet

9. Image from MorgueFile by ardelfin Source: “I Now Pronounce You FBO: Facebook Official”
Deciding to go FBO
means laying your
emotional cards on the
table, face up.

10. Social networking sites can
open a Pandora's box of
relationship destroyers --
unleashing everything from
affairs, the rekindling of
past toxic relationships and
jealousy...
Image from MorgueFile by Ladyheart Source: “Relationships can shift in digital age”

11. It may be burdensome, particularly
if partners’ expectations or benefits
do not match.
Source: “I Now Pronounce You FBO: Facebook Official.” Image from Flickr by Eli Jerma

12. Some said they had a hard time moving forward
because seeing a ex-partner on Facebook
conjured up old wounds or left pangs of jealousy
because partners moved on.
Image from Flickr by hang_in_there Source: “Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says.”

13. There is an added
problem of having to
explain breakups to
friends who aren't close
to the situation.
-Whittaker
-Whittaker
Image from MorgueFile by mantasmagorical Source: “Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says.”

14. There is also the problem of whether or not to
unfriend ex-partners and their friends or family
Image from Flickr by Evil Erin Source: “Breaking up in the digital age is difficult, study says.”

15. We have learned the
habit of cleaning up
human relationships
with technology
Source: “The Flight From Conversation.” Image from MorgueFile by pippalou

16. Source: “From Bullying to Relationships: Mapping our online communications.” Image from Flickr by Carissa GoodNCrazy

17. As a result, those
conversations
tend to be more
interesting than
conversations
face-to-face or
over the phone
Image from Flickr by StefanoG.com Source: “From bullying to relationships:Mapping our online communications.”

18. Source: “He Texts, She Tweets-Are They E-Compatible?” Image from Flickr by Cargo Cult

19. Source: “He Texts, She Tweets-Are They E-Compatible?” Image from Flickr by Jason A. Howie
Therefore......
"The idea that I have to
monitor my Twitter
account, email, Facebook,
cellphone and land line in
order to keep in touch—
and to keep straight how
other people prefer to talk
—is too much."->Turkle

20. How well we negotiate electronic communication in our
personal relationships can make or break them, experts say
Source: “He Texts, She Tweets-Are They E-Compatible?” Image from MorgueFile by imelenchon

21. Image Credits
Images sourced from Google Images, Flickr and MorgueFile. All images
sourced fell under the creative commons Attribution License.

22. Sources
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57584246/breaking-up-in-the-digital-age-is-difficult-study-says/
2. http://www.buzzfeed.com/atmccann/how-facebook-ruined-dating-and-breaking-up-too
3. http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/i-now-pronounce-you-fbo-facebook-official-51307/
4.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/LIFE/usaedition/2012-02-14-Social-MediaRelationshipsRECOVER
ED-Mon-Feb-13-160254-2012-_ST_U.htm
5.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?
pagewanted=all&_r=0
6. http://esciencenews.com/artic
les/2013/01/20/from.bullying.relationships.mapping.our.online.communications
7.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577502672286303452.html