Too much watching of television means being a couch potato, but now there’s a new syndrome "tweet potato" or "face bookato". Dr Aric Sigman says that high usage of social media can lead to an upset in our body chemistry through decreased face-to-face contact. The doctor believes that instead of these services supplementing our communication, they are replacing normal human contact, and it’s bad for our health.He theorises that this contact is essential for stimulating certain biological effects in our bodies, such as our immune system and hormones, which can cause imbalances or deficiencies in our bodies, giving rise to more serious problems. Read the full article here
Dr Sigman’s has seriously dealt with this subject in the past and his new book The Spoilt Generation, has just been published. His previous book was Remotely Controlled: How Television is Damaging Our Lives, and his health and psychology book Getting Physical won The Times Educational Supplement’s Information Book Award.
We checked his site, he doesn’t tweet or poke at Facebook, he is not even ready to be LikedIn.
[Via textually.org ]
Picture Credit: Aric Sigman
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