Christopher Butler | Scott Caplan, a communications professor at the University of Delaware, tells New Scientist that studies of social networks generally indicate that "people who prefer online social behaviour tend to have higher levels of social anxiety and lower social skills."

June 29th 2009

Scott Caplan, a communications professor at the University of Delaware, tells New Scientist that studies of social networks generally indicate that "people who prefer online social behaviour tend to have higher levels of social anxiety and lower social skills."

“None of this is particularly surprising. But the findings do provide an interesting counterweight to the utopian rhetoric that tends to surround online communities. ‘Social production’ might more accurately be termed ‘antisocial production.’”

Posted at 11:48am.

Scott Caplan, a communications professor at the University of Delaware, tells New Scientist that studies of social networks generally indicate that "people who prefer online social behaviour tend to have higher levels of social anxiety and lower social skills."

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