Abstract Smartphones and digital media are omnipresent in day-to-day life. There are positive and negative consequences to technology usage in established relationships; we also know that there are several theories outlining why people use technology generally. What is less clear, however, is how these two entities intersect. The purpose of this article is to determine the how different mechanisms related to technology—namely, texting, video calling, and e-mail—are used in established romantic relationships. Using a hermeneutics qualitative methodology and interviewing 17 individuals, we uncovered the rationale for why individuals decide on using particular methods of communication to engage with their romantic partner. We discovered unique reasons for texting as compared to video conferences, phone calls, and e-mail usage in established romantic relationships. Implications and future research are discussed.

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夫妻关系中发短信，视频会议和移动电话的基本原理

摘要智能手机和数字媒体在日常生活中无处不在。建立关系中的技术使用有正面和负面的影响；我们也知道，有几种理论概述了人们为什么普遍使用技术。但是，还不清楚这两个实体是如何相交的。本文的目的是确定在建立的恋爱关系中如何使用与技术相关的不同机制，即发短信，视频通话和电子邮件。通过使用诠释学的定性方法并采访了17个人，我们发现了个人为何决定使用特定的交流方式与浪漫伴侣交往的理由。与视频会议，电话，和建立浪漫关系中的电子邮件使用情况。讨论了影响和未来的研究。