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an interview So, how’s that relationship going? Communication going well? Perhaps you have an online Valentine this year? University of Minnesota experts on these and other topics are available for Valentine’s Day week media interviews.
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Kathleen Olson, family relations educator with the University of Minnesota Extension
Olson can talk about Valentine's Day as time for a relationship check up. She can speak to common communication barriers that get in the way of relationships, and what couples (or anyone else) can do about these barriers. Olson can also provide examples of communication barriers and what to do.
Heather Haberman, researcher in the department of family social science at the University of Minnesota
Haberman can speak about Cyber Romance. Haberman has conducted research about online dating and taught classes on Cyber Romance. She can talk about how romantic relationships are initiated, developed and maintained using the Internet. She can also talk about safety precautions people should take when developing Cyber relationships. When she started her research in 1999, there were about 500 people on Match.com (an online dating site) and today there are millions of people using it. In fact, research has indicated that people who start relationships online are just as successful as relationships started in more traditional ways.
Jesse Vig, University of Minnesota grad student in computer science
Vig had a few hundred hours of free time to create a new, unique Web site, www.geogreeting.com , where users can send messages comprised of letter-shaped buildings found on Google Maps. Since its launch in November 2006, the site has received nearly 600,000 visits. GeoGreeting has received extensive media coverage in Minneapolis-St. Paul and is featured on the cover of today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press. View the cover shot at www.twincities.com/multimedia/twincities/Fronts/A1.PDF
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