Internet Romance Thought Paper

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SOSC198 Thought Paper (Fall 2010)

“Internet Romance”

| Name: |Woo |

|Name: |Ka Shing, Arnold |

|SID: |09472086 |

|Email: |ksawoo@stu.ust.hk |

|Date: |November 25, 2010 |

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|The internet can give many people a different identity from themselves as they are freed from the constraints of social pressure and |

|aligning yourself to a group of people with desired behaviors or traits. With that said, one can be charming, brave, and straightforward|

|online while in person, they may just be dull and uninteresting. As internet romance is a growing trend in the world today it creates an|

|interesting phenomenon where people are often disappointed with meeting their cyber-partner in person. |

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|A possible cause for this phenomenon could perhaps be based on the triangular theory of love |

|In an online romance, the needs for self-esteem and nurturance can fulfilled as a cyber-partner can seem to be a person who is always |

|there and always willing to listen since there is no time constraint through online communication...