The debate has been there for a while, it is one of the main reason drawing me into the whole PhD biz. Here are the recent articles that stirred the pot. Sherry Turkle, The flight from conversation at NYT. Stephen Marche, Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? at The Atlantic. A somewhat related and very sensational one: Does the internet breed…read more →
This is a super interesting work by Facebook Data Team: Rethinking Information Diversity in Networks. Some of the figures in their post nicely depict how individuals conceptualize their personal networks.
A Pew report on Facebook users’ online behaviors, by Keith Hampton and his colleagues. Why most Facebook users get more than they give. The PDF is here.
A New York Times article mentioning a recent work by S. Craig Watkins and H. Erin Lee. Does Facebook Make Someone Social Offline?
LA Times’ coverage on Hampton’s report. Pew report: Facebook users have a higher degree of social well-being
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