Digital Dating and Virtual Relating: Conceptualizing Computer Mediated Romantic Relationships
Family RelationsPublished 1 April 2000
Erich Robert Merkle, Rhonda A. Richardson
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Information may assist family professionals in developing a research agenda for the new millennium, as well as incorporating new content and strategies into family life education and clinical work in the area of interpersonal relationships.
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This article reviews Internet history and culture that have contributed to the recent emergence of a subset of romantic interpersonal relationships known as computer mediated relationships. Characteristics of these relationships in comparison to face‐to‐face relationships are considered. This information may assist family professionals in developing a research agenda for the new millennium, as well as incorporating new content and strategies into family life education and clinical work in the area of interpersonal relationships.
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