How many of us us can relate to the stereotyped image of the über geek sitting in a darkened bedroom in self imposed exile away from the rest of the ‘real world’ with the curtains closed, unable to relate to other people unless it is through l33t speak on some obscure bulletin board system or internet forum? Yet this is the very person we were warned we would turn into by self styled commentators and psychologists if we spent more than a few hours a day on the internet.
A recent study has just revealed that social media and mobile technology has not turned us into the social pariahs we were warned we would become. In fact peoples social media is not actually turning them into hermits but is actually enhancing them. This may seem kinda obvious to anyone who has connected to new (or old) friends via Facebook or have been to a Tweetup in their city or town so tell ‘em all to tweet off!
Filed under: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
