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Working Title: Social Media: a partial overview of its effects on social skills and interactions

Source: __Guns and Horses__ by Ellie Goulding (song)

Technology and the use of it can maintain long distance relationships, but it can also harm relationships and the meaningful interactions between two people. When many people rely on technology to communicate with others, relationships can feel more empty and people may no longer feel the chemistry or true feelings with their partner or even just a friend that they used to before heavily depending on technology. In this research source I chose to use, Ellie Goulding sings about how meeting people through the internet and continuing a relationship via technology is not a good foundation for a solid relationship. She talks about how she met someone she really liked and hoped he liked her the same way, but because "[he] found [her] on a screen [he sits] at permanently", there is no way for the relationship to progress and healthily maintain itself. __She also implies that__ people (especially from society today) tend to avoid face-to-face communication by always confronting and speaking with people through the computer or phone. Talking to someone through means of technology makes the words more insignificant and "amount[ing] to nothing" in contrast to talking to someone in person. Confronting and talking to someone in person shows and portrays feelings of consideration and meaningfulness; shooting a text or sending an email takes seconds and significantly less effort than meeting up and planning to talk to someone in person. __Goulding acknowledges that__ society today are all heavily depending on technology to communicate and talk to people by saying "its time that we found out who we are" and how people feel they are "standing in the dark" behind a computer or phone screen when being rejected or denied by other people.

MLA Citation: Goulding, Ellie. //Guns and Horses.// 2010. CD.