Introduction to the special issue on communication technologies and relationships. (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perlman, Daniel; Sprecher, Susan; Drouin, Michelle
• Other Names: Sprecher Susan guest-editor.; Perlman Daniel guest-editor.; Drouin Michelle guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of social and personal relationships. Volume 38:Number 12(2021)
• Page Start: 3417
• Page End: 3428
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Communication technologies -- personal relationships -- relationship development -- ongoing relationships -- relationship dissolution; Interpersonal relations -- Periodicals; Social interaction -- Periodicals; 302.05
• DOI: 10.1177/02654075211060905
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0265-4075

Abstract

This introduction to a special Technology and Relationships issue of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships introduces the collection of articles. It describes the editorial development of the issue, identifies how the articles are organized into three clusters reflecting the developmental arc of relationships, provides a precis of each article, and ends with reflections on a question (is technology beneficial or detrimental?) and two noteworthy aspects of the collection (theory and methodology).