Thursday, November 8, 2012
Misrepresentation Online
I believe it is easier for people to misrepresent themselves in online relationships than it is in a face-to-face relationship. Someone could easily say that they are tall with straight blond hair and green eyes when in reality they are short with curly brown hair and brown eyes. It's as simple as typing it out, and some people even go so far as to find pictures of people online that resemble what they are describing themselves as and use those pictures as their own in order to further deceive others. This is highly unethical in my opinion and completely defeats the purpose of being in any sort of relationship in the first place. If you are not portraying yourself accurately then it's as if you are not really the one in the relationship.
Having said this, I do think that there are people in face-to-face relationship that can manipulate and deceive other people. These deceptions are just different from what you might see in an online relationship. For instance, instead of lying about their appearance (which would be pretty much impossible), someone might lie about their income, or perhaps their social standing. While the possibilities for people to misrepresent themselves in relationships differs between in-person and online interactions, the deception harms the relationship regardless.
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Hey Allison
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that people are more likely to misrepresent themselves on online relations. Especially with internet all over the world a person can find any type of picture and misrepresent themselves. Also, that person can edit his or her own picture using majority of photography software's. Online relations are more likely to have false identity which is unethical in any relationship. In online relationship one of the most important factors for strong relationships, trust is not present. Most of tend to trust whatever the other person is typing rather than trying to find out the truth. Overall, I agree with your discussion that online relationships are more deceptive than face-to-face relations.