STUDY: FACEBOOK Increasing Social Anxiety!

Researchers studied how online interaction affects face-to-face meetings

They fitted 26 students with electrodes to measure physiological arousal

Students were shown Facebook photos of a subject before meeting them

During face-to-face meetings, participants suffered an increase in arousal

Researchers linked this arousal to an increase in social anxiety

They believe viewing photos leads people to rate themselves against that person, and this can increase anxiety.....read more