Effects of social media on relationships in Lebanon:  A study case for Lebanon

Modern technology provides great access to information. With the development of communications technologies, the nature of information changed from retrieving simple documents to accessing visual-based social media, digital platforms, video-streaming, and music. In that process, search engines and social media platforms like Google, Facebook, Twitter and so on, are used to locate information and to connect with other people, and businesses. It is a platform to learn more about people we associate with and expose aspects of our lives that were previously hidden such as dates, family gatherings, nights out and so on. It is also affecting our relationships with friends and family members. This study aims to investigate the effect of social media and technological tools on the relationship between couples and among family members in Lebanon. We examine whether people are becoming more interested in technology than in people around them and consequently are losing real-life connection. The study is based on the time spent on social media, its effect on the relationship, and how much it contributes to marital problems, emotional disrespect, cheating, breakup, divorce, and others.

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Alia Ghaddar

Mouhamad Hamadani

Fadi Yamout

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Publication date: June 2019

Publication date (Print): June 2019

Pages: 48-53

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[0001]Lebanese International University

Beirut, Lebanon

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/POM19.8

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Conference name: Politics of the Machine Beirut 2019

Conference acronym: POM2019

Conference number: 2

Conference location: Beirut, Lebanon

Conference date: 11-14 June 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Politics of the Machine

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[1] J. Clement 2019 ‘Number of global social network users 2010-2021’ https://www.statista.com/

[2] Z. GaálL. SzabóN. Obermayer-KovácsA. Csepregi 2015 ‘Exploring the role of Social Media in Knowledge Sharing’ The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management 13 3 185 197

[3] Yunis Ali AhmedMohammad Nazir AhmadNorasnita AhmadNor Hidayati Zakariaa 2019 ‘Social media for knowledge-sharing: A systematic literature review’ Telematics and Informatics 37 72 112

[4] Dušan MladenovićAnida KrajinaWioleta Kucharska 2018 ‘Social Media and Knowledge Sharing – What Do We Know So Far?’ In proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Social Media Limerick Institute of Technology Ireland 163 170

[5] Saadiah GhazaliNor Intan Saniah SulaimanNerda ZaibidiRose Alinda Alias 2016 The impact of knowledge sharing through social media among academia In the 4th international conference on quantitative sciences and its applications AIP publishing 1782 1 30003

[6] Shashi Pratap SinghA.k. Rai Dr.Ankita WalGaurav Tiwari Dr.Ruchi TiwariAsfa Parveen 2016 ‘Effect of social media in health care: uses, risks, and barriers’ World journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences 5 7 282 303

[7] Bahareh AhadinejadHadi Najafi 2017 ‘Ebusiness through Social Media: A Quantitative Survey (Case Study: Instagram)’ International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics 4 1 80 99

[8] Helena AlvesCistina I. FernandesMario Raposo 2018 ‘Social Media Marketing: A Literature Review and Implications: Implications of Social Media Marketing’ 33 12 1029 1038

[9] C.M. van der Bankbank Marjone van der 2015 ‘The impact of social media: advantages or disadvantages’ In African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 4 2

[10] E. BoersMH. AfzaliN. NewtonP. Conrod 2019 ‘Association of Screen Time and Depression in Adolescence’ JAMAPediatr 73 9 853 859 doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019 1759

[11] l Demetrious 2019 The smiling depression of the social media: psychological aspects of social media on mental well-being In 1st Panhellenic conference: Psychological Effects of Mass Media on Everyday Life Frederick university 118 127

[12] Amy OrbenaTobias DienlincAndrew K. Przybylskia 2019 ‘Social media’s enduring effect on adolescent life satisfaction’ In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 21 10226 10228, doi:10.1073/pnas.1902058116.

[13] Maxwell ConstantineChando Musingafi 2013 ‘Impact of the Facebook on Parent-Child Relationship in the African Context: the Zimbabwean Experience’ In Information and Knowledge Management 3 9 31 39

[14] N. Kamel Boulos MagedDean M. GiustiniSteve Wheeler 2016 ‘Instagram and WhatsApp in Health and Healthcare: An Overview’ Future Internet 8 3 37 [Cross Ref]

[15] Mowafa HousehElizabeth BoryckiAndre Kushniruk 2014 ‘Empowering patients through social media: The benefits and challenges’ Health Informatics Journal 20 1 50 8

[16] Muqaddas JanSanobia Anwar SoomroNawaz Ahmad 2017 ‘Impact of Social Media on SelfEsteem’. European Scientific Journal 13 23 329 341

[17] J. R. FramptonJ. Fox 2018 ‘Social Media’s Role in Romantic Partners’ Retroactive Jealousy: Social Comparison, Uncertainty, and Information Seeking’ Social Media + Society [Cross Ref]

[18] Z. A. Carter 2015 ‘Married and previously married men and women perceptions of communi-cation on Facebook with the opposite sex: How communicating through Facebook can be damaging to marriages’ 57 1 36 55

[19] Irum Saeed AbbasiNawal AlGhamadi 2017 ‘When Flirting Turns Into Infidelity: The Facebook Dilemma’ American Journal of Family Therapy 45 1 1 14

[20] S. ValenzuelaD. HalpernJ. E. Katz 2014 ‘Social network sites, marriage well- being and divorce: Survey and state-level evidence from the United States’ Computers in Human Behavior 36 94 101

[21] F. P. PiercyD. RigerC. VoskanovaW. ChangE. HaugenL. Sturdivant 2015 ‘What marriage and family therapists tell us about improving couple relationships through technology?’ C. J. Bruess Family communication in the age of digital and social media 207 227

[22] Betul KelesNiall McCrae and Annmarie Grealish 2019 A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents’ In International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 1 15 [Cross Ref]

[23] Jason C. NorthrupJessica R. Smith 2016 ‘Effects of Facebook Maintenance Behaviors on Partners’ Experience of Love’ Contemporary Family Therapy 38 2 245 253 [Cross Ref]

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