This analysis paper examines Jenna Wortham’s article, “I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight. On the App,” which was published in the New York Times and discusses the impact that social media has on long distance and face-to-face relationships. The essay describes the relationship between two people who use or are looking to use online applications in order to keep their love life going. There are many relationships nowadays that become long distance due to job commitments, college, or even one if the other partner is traveling. Although Wortham mentions that a large presence on social media can be detrimental to one’s ability to have successful face-to-face interaction, she argues that “online applications aid in the establishment of stronger real-world connections”(Wortham, 2014, p. 2) The …show more content…
With technology being the biggest it has ever been before, new tech companies are coming out with the newest apps to make communicating online in relationships to be more like face to face situations. The HowAboutWe dating site is constantly a high volume website where people are able to go on in and create a profile and find dates to go on. Not only do these social media platforms maintain a relationship they start them as well. Wortham constantly keeps talking about many of these social platforms because there are so many to choose from and the variety that each one brings is very unique on what your looking to do with it. Wortham also uses the article to convey the flaws in the statement about how social media is detrimental to real-world connections. Not only does she mention the benefits of utilizing social media, but she also takes the time to address the counter arguments regarding aspects of online applications. A prime example of a counter argument is when Wortham displays that the author of