The rise of social media has affected personal relationships and society as a whole. Do the advantage of using social media for communication outweigh the disadvantages?

The increase of social has affected personal between two

people

or other

people

and Amid growing debates about the impact of smartphones and social media on romantic relationships, a Pew Research Center survey conducted in October 2019 finds that many Americans encounter some tech-related struggles with their significant others.

For instance

, among partnered adults in the U.S. –

that is

, those who are married, cohabiting or in a committed relationship, roughly half (51%) say their friend is often or sometimes distracted by their cellphone

while

they are trying to have a conversation with them, and four-in-ten say they are at least sometimes bothered by the amount of time their partner spends on their mobile device. A partnered person under the age of 50 is particularly likely to express the feeling that their partner is distracted by their contact, with those ages 30 to 49 most likely to report

this

. Fully 62% of 30- to 49-year-olds and 52% of 18-to 29-year-olds who are in a romantic affair say their ally is at least sometimes distracted by their contact when they’re trying to talk to them. Still,

this

issue is not confined to younger age groups: 41% of partnered Americans ages 50 and older say they have encountered

this

in their affair at least sometimes. With phones being

such

a distraction,

people

might be tempted to look through their associate’s call-up.

However

, there is widespread agreement among the public that digital snooping in couples is unacceptable. Seven in ten Americans – regardless of whether they are in an accord – say it is rarely or never acceptable for someone to look through their friend’s cell call without that person’s knowledge. Still, 34% of partnered men say they have looked through their companion’s cell contact without that person’s knowledge, with women being more likely than men to say they have done

this

(42% vs. 25%). For many

people

, social media plays a role in the way they navigate and share information about their romantic relationships. Roughly eight in ten social media users (81%) report that they at least sometimes see others posting about their relationships, including 46% who say

this

happens often, but few say that seeing these posts affects how they feel about their own love life.