SOCIOLOŠKO ISTRAŽIVANJE LJUBAVNIH ODNOSA MLADIH NA DRUŠTVENIM MREŽAMA
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF YOUTH INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, social networks have become extremely popular among young people. At the same time, they have significantly influenced the patterns and intensity of communication and interaction. Their use at the same time has provided numerous advantages, but also has showed various disadvantages and negative consequences. Data so far show that young people increasingly use these media to maintain existing intimate relationships but also to meet new partners. Because of this, the aim of this paper was to examine the attitudes of young people about the influence of social networks on their romantic/intimate relationships. The paper presents the results of the research conducted during September 2021 using the online survey method on a convenient sample of 110 male and female students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Split. The research examine how much time young people spend on social networks, which social networks they use most often and for what purpose, and to investigate the ways in which social networks influence finding a partner and maintaining existing love connections/relationships. The obtained results show that most of the respondents use Facebook and Instagram for three to five hours a day, and for the purpose of getting to know potential partners, the respondents most often use Instagram. Although approximately half of the respondents had the experience of meeting a partner through social networks, most of them do not actually prefer it. More than a third of the respondents, point that social networks did not help them maintain a good relationship with their partner. Also, the uploading of the pictures with partners on social networks did not make them more confident that their relationship with their partner was good. The respondents also think that social networks are not very important in maintaining intimate relationships with a partner, but they use them to maintain long-distance relationships. Furthermore, approximately half of the respondents have the experience of sending explicit content to their partner. Respondents also think that social networks increase mistrust in relationships and that they reduce "face-to-face" interactions.

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