Heavily Invested In Fictional ROmance, Are Jeopardizing The Status Of
Their Own Real-Life ROmantic RelatiOnships.
To This COnclusiOn Came A New Research By Experts At Albion COllege In
Michigan, Who Claim That The MoRE Individuals Are Addicted To The BOx
And Believe In TV Portrayals Of ROmantic StOries, The Less Likely They
Are COmmitted To Their Own RelatiOnships. According To The Authors,
The GOal Of Their Study Was To Help COuples Realize What Impact
TelevisiOn Viewing Can Have On Their Personal Lives.
Dr. Jeremy Osborn, Who Authored The Research, sAID That During This
Study He Realized That Individuals Who Believe The Unrealistic
On-Screen POrtrayals Are Actually Less COmitted To Their Partners And
Think That Their Alternatives To Their Partner Are Relatively
Attractive. Dr. Osborn Expressed A HOpe That People WOuld Read This
Article And Take Much Closer Look At Their Own RelatiOnships Of PeOple
ArOund Them. PeOple ShOuld Realize HOw Realistic Are Their
ExpectatiOns FOr Their Partner Or Spouse And Where Did ThOse
ExpectatiOns COme FrOm.
FOr The PurpOse Of The Research, The Scientists InvOlved Nearly 400
Married Individuals And Surveyed Them In Regards With Their
RelatiOnship SatisfactiOn, ExpectatiOns And COmmitment. The COuples
Were Also Asked About Their Belief In TV POrtrayalS Of LOve StOries,
FictiOnal ROmances And HOw Often They Watched TelevisiOn. In Order To
Indicate Their Acceptance Of On-Screen ROmantic RelatiOnships As
Truths, The COuples Were Asked To Rate Their Agreement With Statements
Such As: "TV Presents ROmantic RelatiOnships As They Really Are In
Life;" And "TV Helps Me Understand What I Can Expect FrOm My Own
ROmantic RelatiOnships."
The Results Revealed That Individuals Who Expressed Higher Belief In
FictiOn ROmance Were Less Likely To Be COmmitted To Their Real-Life
RelatiOnships And MOre Likely To Be Drawn To Alternatives To Their
Partner Or SpOuse. (Alternatives Included AnOther Partner Or Staying
Single.) In AdditiOn, The MOre PeOple Believed In The TelevisiOn
ROmance RelatiOnships, The Higher They Believed Their Actual
RelatiOnship COsts Were.
RelatiOnship "COSTS" Included LOss Of PersOnal FreedOm And LOss Of
Time As Well As Their Partner's Unattractive Qualities.
NOwadays We All Live In A SOciety That COntinuously Immerses Itself In
Media Images FrOm BOth TelevisiOn And The Internet, HOwever The
MajOrity Of PeOple Do NOt Even Realize To What Extent ThOse Images Are
Impacting Their Lives, Dr. Osborne Said In A Press Release. The Rate
Of Failed Marriages In The United States In NOt Decreasing, aND It Is
Critical That PeOple Start Understanding And Sensing ThOse Factors
Which Are COntributing To The Failure Of So Many RelatiOnships, The
Expert COncluded.
The Results Of The Research Were Published In September, 2012 Issue Of
The JOurnal Mass COmmunicatiOn And SOciety.
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