Can Social Media Hurt Your Social Life?

We're suddenly grasping that tweeting and hasty messaging can have real-life repercussions. Here's how to make social media work for you.

The Seven Sins of Facebook

Using psychology to avert social media disasters
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

Send! No Wait!

The perils of typing without thinking
by Tristan Gorrindo, M.D.

Digital, But Still Human

Online or off, there's a limit to our friend circles
by Ira Rosofsky, Ph.D.

The Psychology of Twitter

Do tweets help us find meaning in small things?
by Moses Ma

Gossip, Social Networking, and Job Satisfaction: Why Personality Matters

Is Facebook a Digital Gossip Device?
by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D.

Controlling Your Image Online

Your first impression should be the best impression
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

Do E-Connections Help or Hurt Relationships

The social impact of technology
by Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D.

Email Easy Street

How our reliance on email changes face-to-face interaction.
by Sam Sommers

The tweets that bond

The social psychology of twitter
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

What can and does Facebook do for you?

Living and loving in a virtual world
by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

Bridling envy in the age of Facebook

Social status hierarchy negotiation now follows us 24/7
by Sarah Estes Graham

The Dangers of Email, Facebook and Twitter

Facebook and Twitter Communication Follies
by Nathan A. Heflick

Healthy Digital Habits for Babies

Rescue baby readers and resolve the mind/body problem.
by J. Richard Gentry, Ph.D.

Redefining Activism

Four ways the web fuels social change
by Pamela Brown Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A.

The Decline and Fall of the Private Self

How does our tell-all culture affect the psyche?
by Carlin Flora

More Friends, Closer Friends

Facebook provides increasing trust, citizenship, and social ties. Who knew?
by Rosemary Joyce

How Social Media Help Introverted Kids

They have the capacity to open students' minds
by Susan Cain

Does Facebook Make Us Sad?

When we need to reach out in person, not online
by Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H

The Skinny on Facebook

How the web raises the risk of eating disorder
by Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.

Social Networking

Expanding your social network beyond your familiar circle of friends can have surprising benefits. It's those weak ties that bring fresh ideas and unexpected opportunities: a job or an apartment or a mate. The Internet is providing new tools for cultivating and capitalizing on those networks; someone you've never meet in person could change your life.

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Introversion

If a crowded cocktail party feels like a holding cell to you, even as you gamely keep up your end of the chatter, chances are you're an introvert. Introverts are drained by social encounters and energized by solitary, often creative pursuits.

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