Are You Addicted ??
As Internet use continues to grow, and new Social Websites spring up constantly, Americans report spending less & less time with friends, family and other people according to a recent study by the Stanford Institute !!
The problem:
A substantial decline in "Civic engagement" (you know.... that people to people stuff..in person and not by media sources). This has resulted mostly due to a rise in "Media Proliferation" which has caused a "DISCONNECT" in reality.
"Images" are being substituted for "reality & actual experiences";... (internet) "postings" are taken as "truths";.... media "information" is used in lieu of "understanding it".
Since 1995, internet issues have also become a prevailing factor in a rapidly increasing number of divorce & custody cases where the term "virtual abandonment" is coined by the Kiplinger Washington Letter to interpret Web surfing and "addictions". The internet is like "television on steroids"......it creates a sense of "boundary-less-ness" which can easily "suck you in"!
The effect of all this has caused significant changes in daily life for many!! The implications of which are certainly not clear yet.
I plan to cover more of this "DISCONNECT-ness" and how it applies to many of the political and social issues we battle with today...in future posts (and my upcoming BOOK)!!
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