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: Name: todd gunther; Location: Southeastern, Pennsylvania, United States

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Sociology professionals are concerned that this Twitter style of communication will encourage isolation and loneliness in young people.

Ur-spo said...: I think there are studies already that support social media (rather than 'real' social intercourse) is correlated to these two matters.; January 17, 2017 at 10:15 PM
anne marie in philly said...: heh heh heh, spo said "intercourse".

watch a 20-something do ANYTHING without a phone glued to his/her hand. the phone is the new pacifier.; January 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM
todd gunther said...: Thank you Spo for your thoughts. Actually I was hearing some of these same concenrs 30 years ago when I attended graduate school.; January 18, 2017 at 6:56 AM
Bob said...: @AM
i'm not so shocked about the "kids" and their phones, but the older folks who lived their whole lives without cell phones and yet now cannot function without them.; January 18, 2017 at 7:00 AM
anne marie in philly said...: @bob - I don't have a phone. people think I am weird. FUCK THEM!; January 18, 2017 at 7:04 AM