Commentary: A new study says that spending more than two hours a day on social media is tied to perceived loneliness.
Togetherness?
All those people who spend hours and hours on Facebook, they’re miserable, aren’t they?
Same for the ones who spend hours and hours on Twitter. Now I know most of those people are miserable. They’re journalists.
Still, every time research on the relationship of social media and loneliness comes out, the result appears preordained.
The latest study on the subject comes from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
It shows that the more time young people spend on social media, the more likely they are to experience feelings of loneliness and social isolation.
The lead author of the study, Brian A. Primack, insists in the study’s press release that there’s a « mental health problems and social isolation are at epidemic levels among young adults.
