http://www.virtualhappiness.org/2009/02/facebook-harms-your-health/ The relationship between Internet usage and Happiness Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.virtualhappiness.org/2009/02/facebook-harms-your-health/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 richard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:57:33 +0000 http://www.virtualhappiness.org/?p=308#comment-1942 I would be curious to what degree the amount of face-to-face interaction decreased from the time that television was introduced, and radio, for that matter. I suspect that the drops were more significant with the introduction of TV. Although people are spending more time on-line, it doesn't follow that all that time "wasted" would have been spent interacting face to face. I suspect that much of that time would have been spent watching TV. Also, I wonder if the overall interaction among people (face-to-face + virtual) is increasing, and what impact does that have? I would be curious to what degree the amount of face-to-face interaction decreased from the time that television was introduced, and radio, for that matter. I suspect that the drops were more significant with the introduction of TV. Although people are spending more time on-line, it doesn’t follow that all that time “wasted” would have been spent interacting face to face. I suspect that much of that time would have been spent watching TV. Also, I wonder if the overall interaction among people (face-to-face + virtual) is increasing, and what impact does that have?

]]> http://www.virtualhappiness.org/2009/02/facebook-harms-your-health/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Jim Stolze » Internet heeft positief effect op vriendschap Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:22:31 +0000 http://www.virtualhappiness.org/?p=308#comment-1433 [...] Meneer Sigman. is nog een van de weinige wetenschappers die de “displacement”-hypothese aanhangt. Oftewel, dat online vrienden de plek in nemen van offline vrienden. Niets is minder waar. De meest recente onderzoeken laten zien dat online juist een stimulator” is voor offline vriendschappen. [...] [...] Meneer Sigman. is nog een van de weinige wetenschappers die de “displacement”-hypothese aanhangt. Oftewel, dat online vrienden de plek in nemen van offline vrienden. Niets is minder waar. De meest recente onderzoeken laten zien dat online juist een stimulator” is voor offline vriendschappen. [...]

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