New Crisis for Relationships?

So what is it anyway? 'Sexting' by definition is sending or receiving sexually explicit messages or photos by mobile phones or other social media. This is a trend that has increased steadily through the years as more and more people have utilized phones as their main method of communication. In fact, 88% of adults have engaged in some kind of 'sexting' within the context of a relationship according to a paper called: "Re-framing Sexting as a Positive Relationship Behavior." 2

Is 'sexting' more common than we believe or are these research studies just turning up coincidences with this type of behavior? Emily Stasko, at Drexel's University in Philadelphia, surveyed 870 heterosexual individuals and found that more 'sexting' was associated with a higher level of sexual satisfaction. 2

These are just two studies, you might say, and don't represent the population at large. Well, another way to look at this is that technology is something that most people (in larger cities or suburban areas) concentrate on daily. People are very involved with social media on mobile phones, computers & tablets. They are using these social media applications for various reasons (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Tumblr, Vine, Snap-chat, etc). Is there any reason to think, even for a minute, that people are not using technology to date or enhance their present relationships? People all over the country (and the world) have access to texting/messaging, social media, and video chatting (Face time, Viper, etc.). It is extremely easy to use any of these modalities in the context of a relationship.