Research Proposal

Statement of the Problem:

How Social Networking Sites Affect the UP Cebu Students’ Outlook the Duration of their Romantic Relationships.

Sub Problems:

1. To know the role of Social Networking Sites in strengthening their relationships towards their partners.

2. To weigh the advantage and disadvantages of being active in virtual communities while having an affair.

3. To be able to identify social networking’s role in relationship break-ups among teens.

4. To be able to point out how Social Networking Sites contributed to successful relationships among teens.

5. To identify how Social Networking Sites degrade how teenagers begin and end relationships.

Sources:

Books:

1. Morris, C. (1985). Psychology: An introduction (5^th ed.). Prentice Hall.

2. Fisher, R. & Brown S. (1989). Getting Together –Building a Relationship that Gets to Yes. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3. Lenhart, A.. (2003). Internet, Teen Use of. In Karen Christensen & David Levinson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Community, Vol. 2(pp. 785-788). Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference. Retrieved July 17, 2011,  from Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale: 
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

4. Sprecher, S. & Wickes, E.. (2009). Communication, Instant Messaging and Other New Media. In Harry Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, Vol. 1. (pp. 256-259). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.. Retrieved July 17, 2011,  from Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale: 
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

5. Gusrang, J.. (2008). Romantic Relationships. In Claudia Mitchell & Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (Eds.), Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2. (pp. 509-511). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Retrieved July 17, 2011,  from Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale: 
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

Research Papers/Theses:

1. Quijano, A. (2000). The Use of the Internet and its Influence on the Social and Mass Media Behavior of Selected High School and College Students of Cebu City. University of the Philippines Cebu College.

2. Ridings, C. & Gefen, D. (2004). Virtual Community Attraction : Why People Hang Out Online. Retrieved from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue1/ridings_gefen.html

3. Boneva, B., Quinn, A., Kraut, R., Kiesler, S., & Shklovski, I. (2003). Teenage Communication in the Instant Messaging Era. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved from http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut/RKraut.site.files/articles/Boneva04-TeenCommunicationInIMEra.pdf

4. Farzan, R., Dabbish, L., Kraut, R., & Postmes, T.  (2011). Increasing Commitment to Online Communities by Designing for Social Presence. Retrieved from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut/RKraut.site.files/articles/Farzan10-IncreasingCommitmentToOnlineCommunitiesThruSocialPresence-Tetris-submitted.pdf

5. Asilo, J. M., Manlapig, J. A., &  Rementilla, J. J. (2010). The Influence of Social Networking Sites on the Interpersonal Relationships. Rogationist College. Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/27327211/The-Influence-of-Social-Networking-Sites-to-Interpersonal-Relationships-of-the-Students-of-Rogationist-College-High-School-Department-S-Y-2009-2010

6. Golder, S., Wilkinson, D., & Huberman, B. (2006). Rhythms of social interaction: messaging within a massive online network. Retrieved from http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/facebook/facebook.pdf

Periodicals/Journals/Magazines:

1. Cords, S. S. (Feb 15, 2011). Turkle, Sherry. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.  Library Journal, 136, 3. p.126(1). Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

2. Caputo, A. (April-May 2010). Living in a small-town network: social networking takes us back to our communities of old, where we built relationships and forged bonds that served as foundations for our professional and personal lives.  Information Outlook, 14, 3. p.3(2). Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:

http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

3. Finn, R. (Jan 2010). Clues from adolescent online activity can be of value in therapy.  Clinical Psychiatry News, 38, 1. p.1(2). Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

4. Hays, C. (Jan 1, 2011). Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.  Booklist, 107, 9-10. p.22(1). Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

5. Belluz, J. (Annual 2011). The anti-social media: why getting off-line is crucial to the University experience.  Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities, p.58(2). Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

6. Kantrowitz, B., & Wingert, P. (August 2, 2010). Breakup 2.0.  Newsweek.com, p.NA. Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

7. Limbach, I. (July 11, 2007). Teens establish 'community' generation.  The Financial Times, p.6. Retrieved July 17, 2011, from Academic OneFile via Gale:
http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=phdiliman

8. Anderson, T. & Emmers-Sommer, T. (2006). Predictors of Relationship Satisfaction

in Online Romantic Relationships. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 52(2), 153-172. Retrieved from http://onlineacademics.org/CAInternet/HandoutsArticles/Anderson20750757.pdf

9. Thomas, J. (2007). Social Networking Sites' Effect on Relationships Among College Students. Retrieved from

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/393599/social_networking_sites_effect_on_relationships.html?cat=41

10. Gaikwad, M. (2011). Can Facebook Cause Divorce. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/can-facebook-cause-divorce.html

11. Edwards, S. (2007, June 27). Is Technology Bad for Relationships. Sirens Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.alternet.org/story/55262/

12. Thompson, C. (2008, September 5). Brave New World of Digital Intimacy. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=1