Illana Gershon of Indiana University appeared at WBEZ91.5 and discussed some the finding presented at her book, The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media:
When anthropologist Illana Gershon interviewed her Indiana University students as part of her research on social media and relationships, she posed this question to one of her classes: If you and your sweetie are “Facebook official,” what happens when the relationship ends? Whose job is it to change the relationship status: the person who got dumped or the person who did the dumping?
An attractive blonde replied with great confidence, “I know the answer to this one! My entire sorority knows the answer to this one!”
“It’s always the one who’s dumped,” she explained.
She then paused for a moment, “But not everyone on campus knows this.”
Read/listen to the rest here, at WBEZ91.5 website