Facebook and Your Marriage

In the News

Facebook’s impact on relationships is one of the hottest news topics of the year. The Social Media Couple and Facebook and Your Marriage authors, K. Jason and Kelli Krafsky have been referenced and featrued in a number of news stories, articles and interviews. Interested in interviewing the Krafskys? Contact us with media requests.

TELEVISION

 

 

 

Fox5 NY - Reporter (May 24, 2012)

• "Facebook and Divorce"

New Day Northwest on KING 5 in Seattle, WA - Margaret Larson (Jul 6, 2011)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

News4Jax in Jacksonville, FL - Amanda Warford (Jun 8, 2011)

• "Social media sites hurting relationships"

KING 5 News in Seattle, WA - Eric Wilkinson (May 20, 2011)

• "Social Media for Dummies"

KATU 2 News in Portland, OR - Michelle Esteban (May 18, 2011)

• "Seattle man: Facebook cost me my 20-year marriage"

KVAL 13 News in Eugene, OR - Michelle Esteban (May 17, 2011)

•    "Seattle man: Facebook cost me my 20-year marriage"

KOMO 4 News in Seattle, WA - Michelle Esteban (May 13, 2011)

• "Seattle man: Facebook cost me my 20-year marriage"

WTVM News Leader 9, Columbus, GA - Lindsey Connell (Feb 25, 2011)

• "Til Facebook Do Us Part"
  

KSWO 7 News in Oklahoma City, OK - Lindsay Vocht (Nov 23, 2010)

• "Special Report: The New Home Wrecker"
  

KSWO 7 News in Oklahoma City, OK - Laura Demaria (Nov 13, 2010)

• "The 411 on Facebook Safety for Parents"

News4Jax in Jacksonville, FL - Scott Johnson (Nov 18, 2010)

• "Facebook Banned for a Healthy Marriage?"

The Huckabee Show (FOX TV) - Mike Huckabee (Jul 30, 2010)

• "Internet Infidelity"
  

13 WHAM News in the Morning Rochester, NY - Evan Dawson (Jun 25, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage Part 1"

KOMO 4 News in Seattle - Mary Nam (Apr 30, 2010)

 

RADIO

 

 

 

WWL First News - Tommy Tucker Show in New Orleans  (May 23, 2012)

• "Facebook and Divorce"
  

KKSF 910AM - Gil Gross Show in San Francisco  (May 23, 2012)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage and Divorce"

Sirius/XM - Martha Stewart Living Radio  (Apr 25, 2011)

• "Facebook Tips for Families"

WHRV 89.5 FM - HearSay with Cathy Lewis in Norfolk, VA  (Dec 14, 2010)

• "The Social Network Break Up" 

KFKA News Talk 1310 AM- AM Colorado  (Dec 13, 2010)

• "The Social Media Couple"

95Q Decatur’s Country Home- He Said She Said with Marilyn Stevens  (Nov 16, 2010)

• "Facebook and Marriage"

KSL NewsRadio 102.7 FM / 1160 AM - Utah’s Afternoon News  (Jul 8, 2010)

• "Texting etiquette and relationships"

KGNW 820 AM - The Legacy Institute - Live from Seattle  (Jun 23, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

KGNW 820 AM - Live from Seattle with Doug Bursch (May 3, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

KIRO 97.3 FM - Seattle’s Morning News (Apr 6, 2010)

• "Facebook - 2010’s biggest threat to marriage?"
  

 

 

 

 

PRINT

 

 

Maple Valley-Covington Reporter - Kris Hill (Apr 8, 2011)

• "How Jason and Kelli Krafsky of Maple Valley became the Social Media Couple”

St. Petersburg Times - Eric Deggins (Feb 13, 2011)

• "Social media changing the look of romance"

Boston Parents Paper - Susan Flynn (Feb 1, 2011)

• "Reading the Writing on the Wall - Parents Guide to Facebook"

Boston Parents Paper - Susan Flynn (Feb 1, 2011)

• "Staying Happily Married on Facebook"
  

The Washington Times - Cheryl Wetzstein (Dec 5, 2010)

• "Facing temptation on Facebook"

Fort Sill Cannoneer - Monica Wood (Nov 4, 2010)

• "Facebook seminar stresses sensibility"

Philadelphia Inquirer - Carolyn Davis (Jul 13, 2010)

• "Divorce - Facebook style"

Maple Valley-Covington Reporter - Kris Hill (Apr 30, 2010)

• "Husband and wife write book to help couples navigate Facebook”

Indiana Daily Student News - Adam Lukach (Apr 4, 2010)

• "400 million users have never been so tempting"

Greene County Dailies - Lavern Nissley (Mar 26, 2010)

• "What is getting between you and your spouse?"

The Oregonian - Elizabeth Hovde (Feb 13, 2010)

• "Facebook and divorce: Some tempted to friend past boundaries"

Chattanooga Times Free Press - Julie Baumgardner (Jan 31, 2010)

• "Face it, Facebook can damage your marriage"

The Washington Times - Cheryl Wetzstein (Dec 8, 2009)

• "Taming the infidelity tiger"

   

 

ONLINE NEWS

 

 

New York Daily News - Lindsay Goldwert (May 24, 2012)

• "Facebook named in a third of divorce filings in 2011"

 

Daily Mail Online (UK) - Daily Mail Reporter (May 22, 2012)

• "Incriminating Facebook photos and restaurant check-ins see a third of married couples change their status to ’divorced’"
  

USA Today - Mike Chalmers (Nov 24, 2011)

 

• "Social media allow military families a deeper connection"
  

The Huffington Post - Steve Cooper (Apr 24, 2011)

• "Finding harmony between marriage and technology"

The Baptist Standard - Ken Camp (Feb 11, 2011)

• "For relationships, technology can be a two-edged sword"

TimesReporter.com (and 239 other sites) - Julie Kaiser (Feb 10, 2011)

• "Breaking up in the age of Facebook"
  

The State Journal-Register - Julie Kaiser (Feb 5, 2011)

• "Status Update -- weren’t they dating just a few minutes ago?"
  

MyNorthwest.com - Linda Thomas (Nov 18, 2010)

• "Facebook leads us to sin"

Louisville Courier-Journal - Carolyn Davis (Aug 9, 2010)

• "Facebook, a divorce lawyer’s friend
  

Kansas City Star - Carolyn Davis (Jul 29, 2010)

• "Divorce, Facbook style"
  

MyNorthwest.com - Linda Thomas (Jun 3, 2010)

• "Ending long marriages becoming more common"

SeattlePI.com - Kris Hill (May 1, 2010)

• "Husband and wife write book to help couples navigate Facebook”

MyNorthwest.com - Linda Thomas (Apr 6, 2010)

• "The biggest threat to marriage in 2010...Facebook"

Chicago Marriage Examiner - Marina Mayer (Mar 31, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage book: couples should practice social media etiquette"

Portland Infidelity Examiner - Cindy Taylor (Jan 26, 2010)

• "The four stages of an affair"

 

WEB - PODCAST

 

 

 

The Mark Gungor Show - Mark Gungor and Debbie Chavez (Jul 7, 2011)

• "The Double Standard in the Virtual World and Real World"
  

StayHappilyMarried - StayHappilyMarried.com (Feb 1, 2011)

• "It’s Complicated: Facebook and Your Marriage"
  

Army Wife Talk Radio - Army Wife Network (Dec 6, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

eHealth Radio - Eric Michaels (Nov 2, 2010)

• "Safeguarding your marriage on Facebook"

The Mark Gungor Show - Mark Gungor and Debbie Chavez (Jun 11, 2010)

ONE Extraordinary Marriage - Tony & Alisa Dilorenzo (May 4, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

   

ONLINE BLOGS

 

 

SmartMoney (WSJ) - Quentin Fottrell (May 30, 2012)

 

• "Is Facebook’s Appeal Fading With Its Share Price?"

 

PerezHilton - Perez Hilton (May 25, 2012)

• "Is Facebook Destroying the Sanctity of Marriage?"

 

The Huffington Post Divorce - Vicki Larson (May 24, 2012)

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SmartMoney (WSJ) - Quentin Fottrell (May 21, 2012)

• "Does Facebook Wreck Marriages?"

 

Hitched - Steve Cooper (Mar 29, 2011)

• "Finding Harmony Between Marriage and Technology"
  

Couple Checkup Blog - Guest Bloggers (Mar 14, 2011)

• "Facebooking Do’s and Don’ts for Engaged Couples"

Wall Street Journal Blog - Carl Bialik (Mar 11, 2011)

• "Divorcing Hype from Reality in Facebook Stats"
  

I.N.F.O. for Families blog - Barrett Johnson (Feb 23, 2011)

• "Do’s and Don’ts for Facebooking Couples"
  

Loving a Soldier blog - Army Wives Network (Feb 7, 2011)

• "Army Wives Network February Newsletter"
  

Christian Counseling Center blog - Christian Counseling Center (Dec 8, 2010)

• "Seven Facebook Ground Rules for Parents"

SmartMarriages blog - Diane Sollee (Nov 22, 2010)

• "Facebook and Relationships"
  

Rhett Smith blog - Rhett Smith (Nov 22, 2010)

• "Your Marriage and Facebook - Just Don’t Be an Idiot"

House on the Rock blog - HOTRFM blogger (Nov 18, 2010)

• "Protecting Your Marriage on Facebook"
  

Family Matters Blog - K. Jason & Kelli Krafsky guest blog (Nov 10, 2010)

• "Five S.M.A.R.T. Choices to Protect Your Marriage on Facebook"
  

Locking Hearts Together  - Josh Lockhart (Nov 8, 2010)

• "Cricket & Life: Three Runs, Surrounding Yourself with Appropriate Friends and Media"
  

ConnectED Pairs - Marilyn Stevens (Oct 12, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

The Pursuit of Techyness - Miss Techness - Alana Edmunds (Sep 15, 2010)

• "4 Social Media Rules for Couples"

Couple Checkup Blog - Matt Turvey (Aug 17, 2010)

• "Checkup, your marriage, and Facebook"

Dawn Donohoo blog - Dawn Donohoo (Aug 9, 2010)

• "Relationship Detox: The 5 New Rules No Woman Should Be Without"
  

YourTango Community Blog - Lucinda Loveland (Apr 4, 2010)

• "Using Technology to Strengthen Your Relationship"

Vesta Digital - Dan Chambers (Mar 26, 2010)

• "5 Ways to Prevent a Facebook Marriage Break-Up"

FirstThings.org - Julie Baumgardner (Feb 5, 2010)

• "Facebook and Your Marriage"

Marriage Matters - Stephanie Blair (Jan 2010)

• "Once Old Flame, Now Facebook Friend"

Living Well in Marriage - Ed & Donna Edwards (Jan 13, 2010)

• "Facebook and Marriage"