Does Personal Email Increase Loneliness or Intimacy

Thread View: bit.listserv.ipct-l

1 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

1 total messages Started by Interpersonal Computing and Tech... Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00

#138

Author: Interpersonal Computing and Tech...
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00

20 lines
1676 bytes

 17 Aug 1996 19:49:11 -0400 (EDT)

X-Sender: sqn@pop.ripco.com
        it seems that many people consider personal emails pursued regularly
[e.g. 2 hours per day] as tending to increase the isolation of the person
from real human contact, and increasing the ultimate loneliness of that
individual.
        others consider such reach out and contact to be a step in the other
direction, that email intimacy can be more fulfilling than hum-drum
physically-present relationships, and thus connect the individual with other
people perhaps better than other means, and increase the intimacy with other
people.
        haven't seen much serious discussion on this, but would appreciate
being directed to recent, thoughtful articles on same topic.
        thanks,
                gene
|| Sci-Fi! Caroline's reviews of all-time-best science fiction movies.
|| Current : BLADE RUNNER [1982] starring Harrison Ford.
|| Open "http://sqn.com" or email "review@sqn.com". Enjoy!

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads