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Do Your Internet Habits Indicate Depression? - 0 views

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  • When online, do you frequently switch between applications, use tons of file-sharing software, and send a lot of e-mail and instant messages? If so, you might be depressed, according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine.
  • Frequent switching may be related with difficulty concentrating, which is also an indicator of depressive symptoms among students.
  • the results don’t indicate that an excessive amount of file-sharing, switching between apps, and chatting online actually causes depression; correlation does not imply causation. The research simply shows that those who have depression are likely to use the Internet in certain ways.
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Does the Internet Make Us Lonely? - 0 views

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  • Study after study has analyzed how our increased Internet usage is negatively affecting us.
  • CNN reported on in 2009 painted a grim picture, linking excessive Internet use with social phobia, depression, and other psychological problems
  • Stanford University researchers in 2005 warned that those who use the Internet frequently spend about an hour less each day interacting with their familie
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  • Such studies have made it sound like the Internet will eventually turn us all into bumbling, awkward, and socially inept creatures, unable to handle in-person interactions.
  • But now, IEEE Fellow Gerhard Fettweis says that couldn’t be further from the truth.
  • “Our world in 50 years will, of course be deeply influenced by interconnected networks of communicating technologies, but we will use them efficiently to synchronize personal freedom and professional responsibilities so seamlessly that we will have more spare time to spend with friends and family,” Fettweis adds.
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