Panel an internet paradox: a social medium that may undermine sociability

摘要

Is the current Internet leading perople to have stong connections to others or is it working against this? New empricial results suggest that using the Internet leads to less social involement, more loneliness, less communication within the family, and more depression. The panel will assess whether these results are believable, and if so whether new services on the Internet can be designed to support strong social ties. The second goal of the panel is to outline these good designs.