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Is Facebook really making people more lonely?

Is Facebook really making people more lonely? | Science News | Scoop.it
From theweek.com - April 17, 2012 11:42 AM

Americans are lonelier than ever before, according to a growing body of research. All those "friends" we have on the giant social network may be part of the problem

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COVEMET's comment, April 20, 2012 4:23 PM
perception depends on where you look at the loneliness
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What your online friends reveal about where you are

What your online friends reveal about where you are | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.newscientist.com - January 30, 2012 2:32 PM

Sadilek and colleagues turn their target's social network into a predictive model called a dynamic Bayesian network. At each point in time, the nodes in the target person's network consist of their friends' locations, day of the week and the time, and information from these nodes determines the target's most likely location. Sadilek can also feed in any existing information about the person's whereabouts to help improve the model's accuracy.

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Negative Nancy? Your Facebook friends might hate you for it: Study

Negative Nancy? Your Facebook friends might hate you for it: Study | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.torontosun.com - February 7, 2012 3:13 PM

"People with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable," according to a new study to be published in the journal Psychological Science.

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Study of Facebook patterns suggests interests in music, movies unlikely to spread among friends

Study of Facebook patterns suggests interests in music, movies unlikely to spread among friends | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.physorg.com - January 19, 2012 7:32 AM

Using data collected from Facebook, Harvard sociologists have addressed one of the great unsolved puzzles of social science — do we form friendships with people because we share similar interests, or do we share similar interests with people because they are our friends?

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