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Do you think Technology makes us more lonely...?

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DRUMS_,

It sure does. There’s a lot of research in the study of New Media that points to the superficial nature of how we connect online. We’re sharing banal content to weak-ties constantly. It’s not real human connection. On social media we are often just staring at everyone’s highlight reel. It’s unhealthy. You should read, “Alone Together” by Sherry Turkel.

But it’s not all grim. If you read about Participatory Culture you’ll see there’s an upside to New Media technology, which is the ability to be content producers, not just consumers.

Social media often fails to connect all 7 billion of us in any real, meaningingful, human way. We’re all just really busy being alone together.

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