Depressed Internet Users

Bernard Robertson-Dunn (brd@dynamite.com.au)
Sun, 06 Sep 1998 12:02:24 +1000

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26074,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Study: Net use causes depression
By Reuters
Special to CNET News.com
<snip>
Although the effect is slight, the more time people
spend online, the more isolated, lonely, and
depressed they appear to become, the study found.
<snip>

<brd>
This has been getting a lot of media attention recently, except they
seem to leave out the "the effect is slight" comment.

Do linkers feel depressed because they spend so much time on the
internet?

--
We are ensnared by institutions, especially educational ones, that do a
superb job of stomping out the spicy traits demanded by these spicy
times.
-- Tom Peters.

Regards brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn Canberra Australia brd@dynamite.com.au