The social brain hypothesis (an explanation for the evolution of brain size in primates)
predicts that humans typically cannot maintain more than 150 relationships at any one time …

Engagement in intimate social interactions and relationships has an important influence on
well-being. However, recent advances in Internet and mobile communication technologies …

Online social networking is a pervasive but empirically understudied phenomenon. Strong
public opinions on its consequences exist but are backed up by little empirical evidence and …

This study tested an updated cognitive-behavioral model of generalized problematic Internet
use and reports results of a confirmatory analysis of the Generalized Problematic Internet …

Online technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The
Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing? Late modern …

How does the Internet affect social capital? Do the communication possibilities of the
Internet increase, decrease, or supplement interpersonal contact, participation, and …

Social networking sites (eg, MySpace and Facebook) are popular online communication
forms among adolescents and emerging adults. Yet little is known about young people's …

This paper explores the impact of communication media and the Internet on connectivity
between people. Results from a series of social network studies of media use are used as …

Recent reports of problematic forms of Internet usage bring new currency to the problem of"
media addictions" that have long been the subject of both popular and scholarly writings …

We investigated whether multitasking with media was a unique predictor of depression and
social anxiety symptoms. Participants (N= 318) completed measures of their media use …