Technology

Feeling lonely? You’re probably making 3 mistakes

Technology and loneliness are interlinked, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching. Here’s what to do with your tech if you’re feeling lonely.

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Over the summer, Laura Marciano, a researcher at Harvard University, interviewed 500 teenagers for a continuing study investigating the link between technology and loneliness. The results were striking.

For several weeks, the teenagers, who were recruited with the help of Instagram influencers, answered a questionnaire three times a day about their social interactions. Each time, more than 50 per cent said they had not spoken to anyone in the past hour, either in person or online. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

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