A qualitative investigation on the influence of social media on single individuals’ expectations of romantic relationships

• Main Author: Sun, Pei Li
• Other Authors: Paul Victor Patinadan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Romantic relationships; Social media influence; Sternberg’s Triangular Theory; Creating expectations; Single individuals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177478
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram have become increasingly popular and contain a network of shared content which potentially influences users’ expectations. Hence, when users encounter relationship content, they may be influenced to follow social scripts describing behaviours withi...