A LOT has changed in the past two decades, perhaps more than any other time in history, leading some of us to question - what are we doing to ourselves? Will technology beat us at our own game, or will our human need for connection prevail? I sat down with my guest, Dr. Brianna Lane, an expert on the impact of technology on relationships, to talk about this and more. Listen in as we chat about the changing frontier of communication, from online dating and how we engage on social platforms to how we keep our cell phones from eating us alive.

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About my guest:

Brianna L. Lane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Christopher Newport University. Her research and teaching interests include interpersonal communication within electronically mediated contexts. She has published research on social support on social networking sites, effects of the design of online dating sites, "catfishing," and implications of becoming "Facebook official." She teaches courses on the dark side of interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, and quantitative research methods.

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