Mass media and technology have evolved our style of relationships. Relationships used to be about compassion, commitment, and true love. We may still have that in today’s culture, but the style we have in approaching it is completely different.
One of the main reasons as to why relationships have been changing is because of how they are advertised in the media. Society chooses to mimic the media and fulfill these “role models” whether they mean to or not. A very popular style in today’s culture is, bluntly, to see how many people you can sleep with. The cast of “Jersey Shore” is a prime example of how young adults think they are supposed to act. The better “game” you have, the cooler you are. This is the idealized single lifestyle that young adults attempt to fulfill. When they do decide to settle down and get into a committed relationship, they usually decide to make their relationships more technology-based so they do not have to deal with the stress of human interaction all the time.
Without the need for human interaction, people rely on technology to stay in touch with their spouse. Technology has rapidly changed our ease of access to other people. Whether we use dating websites or social networking sites to find our soul mates, we lose the simplest way of communication…speaking! The ability to hear someone else laugh, talk, cry, or see them smile is something you can never get with technology. There is no way to show emotion over a text message or a computer screen; basic human contact is the style that used to always be used.
Although technology has advanced greatly for the industrial world, it should not be brought into love. We have lost a lot of human interaction and have learned that is acceptable through the media. Our styles of relationships are easily influenced by what the media feeds us. Our relationships have the potential to be committed and loving, but it is a matter of getting over the threat of brainwashing from the media and technology.
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