[HW #55]

Part 1:
Do we play our roles in relationships according to what we see in the media? How or how not?

Part 2:
Comment for John's Question- What are the factors that can increase/decrease the intimacy of a friend relationship?:

Right now I think that your question would require a listing response. And I think that there are certainly many factors. So for you question, maybe focus on one or a few factors that you think may increase/decrease the intimacy of a friend relationship, and see whether or not those are true. So in other words? Does ______ change the relationship between two people? And if, how does it change the relationship- increase or decrease the relationship?

Comment for Esther's Question- Does Altruism occur or is everything a disguise to hide our selfishness?:

Hey, I think your question is certainly something worth evaluating. Often times, in conversations people would purposely and subconsciously divert the focus back to themselves. So we have this drive to get ourselves out there- let ourselves be known over the other people. So maybe you can focus on the conversations we have would support or go against your point.

But in terms of the question itself, I think it's very good, in the sense that it's something provable (at least, supportable) and something that plays a role in almost any relationship that we have.

Part 3:
"How Social Media Affects Relationships." ChaCha. Web. 18 May 2010. n style="">http://www.chacha.com/video/273555965/how-social-media-affects-relationships>.

This is a video, where Matt Titus tries to explain how the social media works, and the what-t0-do's and what-not-to-do's. For the most part, Titus is trying to give advice to people who does , or uses any sort of online social network. However, aside from all that, he says one interesting thing: "People sort of build themselves up on Facebook. They make themselves seem a lot more important and a lot more [is] happening than they actually might be. And this woman is buying the fantasy." Like he said, this particular women is "buying the fantasy," which most of us try to live by. We want to know that there's something better, and that there's this set expectation that we have of a good life, or a good social life. But going past the Facebook updates, where does the fantasy come from? People may be making up these ideal lives that they would have, but the ideal has to come from somewhere. My guess is that it comes from all the that we watch, the books that we see, the videos that we click on, etc.

Ong, Jessica. "Pornography and Internet Technologies - Effects on Relationships." MC Publication (2004): n. pag. Web. 18 May 2010. style="">http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Pornography_and_Internet_Technologies_-_Effects_on_Relationshipss>.

Jessica Ong briefly talks about the various ways that pornography is harmful and how it can affect any relationship. Of all the points that she made, she had one that pertained to my topic, which is that people go into relationships with the goal of making them sexual relationships. She says that the users' sexual appetites are higher compared to the non-users'. With that, I would assume people that people have different approaches in relationships, based- though not entirely- on their "sexual appetite," which according to Ong, is dependent on whether or not they use pornography.

Kay, David. "Archetypes: What Are They? Can They Be Trusted? Are They Useful?." Research Dimensions (2008): n. pag. Web. 18 May 2010. < http://www.researchdimensions.com/article_12.html >

As the title says, this article explains what archetypes are, and whether or not they're useful. For my focus, it's important to know the common archetypes found in movies, books, whatever. So rather than going through each movie, and identifying each character, we have a general idea of how a character with a certain archetype would most likely act. With that, we can draw a connection between those archetypes (with a few specific examples) to the people in our lives, if not, we can prove Andy L. wrong.

"Archetypes 101." Hero Within (2005): n. pag. Web. 18 May 2010. < http://www.herowithin.com/arch101.html >.

In addition to the previous article, this website goes deeper with archetypes, specifically listing out the typical characters found in movies, and how he/she might act. This site also explains what each character might represent. The author lists out some archetypes being: The innocent, the orphan, the warrior/hero, the altruist, the wanderer, the destroyer, the lover, the creator, the ruler, the magician, the sage and the jester. Yeah...