EPQ and Psychology Spec

Hi, i was thinking of titling my EPQ along the lines of "Is social media contributing to a loneliness epidemic?"

I imagine i might have to touch on Virtual Relationships and maybe parasocial relationships. Both of which fall in the A Level spec as:

• Virtual relationships in social media: self-disclosure in virtual relationships; effects of absence
of gating on the nature of virtual relationships.
• Parasocial relationships: levels of parasocial relationships, the absorption addiction model
and the attachment theory explanation.

Would this still be a good topic or does it skirt too close on the lines of being part of the alevel specification? Thanks :smile:

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flowersinmyhair

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Original post by p4rallax

Hi, i was thinking of titling my EPQ along the lines of "Is social media contributing to a loneliness epidemic?"

I imagine i might have to touch on Virtual Relationships and maybe parasocial relationships. Both of which fall in the A Level spec as:

• Virtual relationships in social media: self-disclosure in virtual relationships; effects of absence
of gating on the nature of virtual relationships.
• Parasocial relationships: levels of parasocial relationships, the absorption addiction model
and the attachment theory explanation.

Would this still be a good topic or does it skirt too close on the lines of being part of the alevel specification? Thanks :smile:

It probably isn't worth the risk. As it seems you go into them in quite some detail, it could be quite difficult to avoid including it into your EPQ.