Internet Not the Social Hinder it Was

imjustatomato writes "A 1998 study showed that the Internet causes declines in social relationships and isolation, similarly to how television causes social disengagement and bad moods. This is the 'Internet Paradox' because while the internet is heavily used for communication, it makes people lonelier. However, a more recent study shows that now the internet has a positive effect on social and psychological well-being. This is even more so for those who have more social support and are extroverted in nature. Interestingly, frequent Internet use is associated with a decline in local knowledge and interest in living in the local area."

Comments

Hinder is not a noun

[tez_h]

'Hinder' is a verb. The noun form is 'hindrance'.

Re:Hinder is not a noun

[chawly]

Hindrance is an accepted noun, but so is hinder. Hinder is used as a verb also - as in, "thunderstorms sometimes hinder shuttle launching" but the form "thunderstorms are a hinder to launching the shuttle is perfectly acceptable". Of course the form "sitting and typing shit like this is a hindrance to getting any productive work done" is both perfectly acceptable and perfectly true - and we shouldn't forget it.

I think you mean "hindrance"

[Ryano]

The Internet is obviously still something of a "linguistic hinder".

Re:Staring

[Anonymous Coward]

Need a hug, shut in?

"....current situation on definition of planets, or the state of affairs in Israel/Lebanon."

I think you just proved his/her point. The things you mention have nothing to do with your immediate environment.

"Those people at the City Hall (or bar, or restaurant, or whatever fictional place people need to 'get outside and go to'...." City Hall and bars are fictional? Oh dear, somebody needs to get out more. I think you'll find they tend to know more about the goings on in your neighborhood than any website.

If the only human to human socializing you engage in is superficial, I submit that YOU are the one who needs to find a different peer group. Sounds like you're resulting to the ever-so-amusing argument that "everybody else has the problem, not me."

Find an amateur astronomy club if you want to discuss planetary classfication. Hang out with folks with similar interests. They can become these mythical things called "friends." Like the saying goes, if you're unhappy in your life, what's the largest common element of your unhappy experiences? Maybe YOU are.

Re:La Ley

[xtracto]

Tantos satélites en la era comunicacional aún no logran acercarnos totalmente bien

Translation:

"Many satellites were inside, with us before the interior come close
the good full communicational of the fist already".


Wow your spanish is pretty screwed.

the translation is:

"So many satellites in the communication era still can't make us get totally close" (literally, or so many sattelites in the communication age and we still cant get close enough)

my input:

[Burlap]

not like this will be seen on page two... but what the hell.

I can say with 100% certinty that the net has GREATLY help my social life. I suffer from a rather permanent and disruptive physicological condition (that i wont go into details here) that was crippling my social interactions with the greater public. Through the net I was able to find, talk to and get support from others with the same condition. Suddenly I wasnt as alone, I found out how to seek treatment and now I am a FAR happier, more social, person.

Without the net i would still be wollowing alone in my room insted of enjoying life.