Resumen de We met on the net: exploring the perceptions of online romantic relationship participants
Susan M. Wildermuth, Sally Vogl Bauer
Parks and Roberts (1998) found that 93.6% of Internet users participated in online relationships and that 26.3% of those relationships were romantic in nature. Despite their growing popularity, relatively little is known about how participants perceive their online romances. This study examined the written narratives of 202 online romantic relationship participants to learn more about how they describe online romances. Five themes were identified: (a) intense emotional arousal, (b) high levels of caution, (c) strong linguistic connections, (d) high numbers of extramarital affairs, and (e) a lack of social support from offline family and friends. These findings are discussed in terms of how social cognition and the online medium may impact the nature of a romantic relationship.
