The study, just released electronically and soon to be published in the September 2012 issue of Mass Communication and Society<\/em>, found that the more an individual believed in television portrayals of romance, the less likely they were to be committed to their relationships<\/strong>. In August 2012, several of the most-watched television shows (Burn Notice<\/em>, True Blood<\/em>, The Big Bang Theory<\/em>, and Two and a Half Men<\/em>) featured romantic relationships prominently throughout their episodes. This research is especially important at helping individuals understand the impact that television viewing can have on their relationships.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this study I found that people who believe the unrealistic portrayals on TV are actually less committed to their spouses and think their alternatives to their spouse are relatively attractive<\/strong>,\u201d Dr. Jeremy Osborn, the article\u2019s author said. \u201cMy hope would be that people would read this article and take a look at their own relationships and the relationships of those around them. How realistic are your expectations for your partner and where did those expectations come from?\u201d<\/p>\n Over 390 married couples participated in the study. The participants responded to questions about their satisfaction with their current romantic relationship, relationship expectations, relationship commitment, belief in television portrayals of romantic relationships, viewing frequency, and several others that focused on their spousal relationship. The research also discovered that the more an individual believed in the television romance, the higher people believed their relationship costs were<\/strong>. Relationship \u201ccosts\u201d include a person\u2019s loss of personal freedom, loss of time, or their partner\u2019s unattractive qualities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe live in a society that perpetually immerses itself in media images from both TV and the web, but most people have no sense of the ways those images are impacting them,\u201d Osborn said. \u201cThe rate of marriage failure in the U. S. is not dropping, and it is important for people to have a sense of what factors are leading to the failure of so many relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n The article entitled, \u201cWhen TV and Marriage Meet: A Social Exchange Analysis of the Impact of Television Viewing on Marital Satisfaction and Commitment,\u201d was researched and written by Dr. Jeremy Osborn, Albion College.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Taylor & Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: The status of a romantic relationship could be in jeopardy if the couple or an individual in the relationship are frequent television watchers, according to a study from Albion College. The study, just released electronically and soon to be published in the September 2012 issue of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[363,12],"class_list":["post-6614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotions","category-relationships","tag-perception","tag-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6614"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7154,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614\/revisions\/7154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Watching](\"http:\/\/www.therapytoronto.ca\/images\/blogpics\/TV2.jpg\")
The status of a romantic relationship could be in jeopardy if the couple or an individual in the relationship are frequent television watchers<\/strong>, according to a study from Albion College.<\/p>\n