Shedding some light on ‘social’ activities
Has the use of social media negatively impacted our face-to-face interactions with our fellow man/woman?
As the usage of Facebook and Twitter increase, the questions have been posed. Does the time spent online with social media take away from our physical social lives?
I’m sure some of you could make your own hypothesis based on your own activities, but what about on a mass scale?
ExactTarget and CoTweet recently released a study that found social networks are “not having a negative effect on face-to-face relations.”
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The study found the following pieces of information:
-“Among people who report that they’re using Facebook more, 27% say they hang with friends in person more often” while 13% say their face-to-face time has decreased.
-46% of Twitter users say they are meeting up with friends more often than before, while 7% of Twitter users surveyed say they are seeing friends less often.
-Overall, 60% of Facebook users and 46% of Twitter users report that social media does not effect how often they see their friends.
What do you think of these findings? Has social media affected the amount of time in which you spend with friends or family? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Due to mobile devices, people can now be interacting online while physically hanging out with friends. Ah, the wonders of technology.
And while we are on the topic of Facebook, a recent article from Mashable discussed some Facebook statistics. These findings show that 3 pm ET sees the biggest spike in activity consistently. During weekdays 11 am ET and 8 pm ET are also popular times. Sundays experience the less amount of activity than all other days.
For more information on these Facebook findings, check out the original article from Mashable.
