Is Facebook Making us Lonely? A social psychological analysis
Read the article by Stephen Marche from the Atlantic titled, “Is facebook making us lonely?” linked below:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/
Reflect on some key quotes below:
“We know intuitively that loneliness and being alone are not the same thing. Solitude can be lovely. Crowded parties can be agony.”
“social networking might be spreading the very isolation it seemed designed to conquer.”
“We have all been in that scene: transfixed by the glare of a screen, hungering for response.”
And then highlights some of your own!! **Side note…if you’re not already using Diigo, you need to be….. www.diigo.com …***
And then take the UCLA LONELINESS ASSESSMENT:
http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/loneliness.htm