Digital Lives
Exploring how living in the digital age is changing us, our families, our institutions and our lives.
User Comments: Is Facebook Bad For Our Self-Esteem?
In the fifth installment of our Digital Lives series, we explore how Facebook and our carefully crafted online personas affect our own relationship with ourselves.
Facebook Envy: How The Social Network Affects Our Self-Esteem
Researchers are working to discover how the idealized versions of ourselves that we project, and consume, through Facebook affects us in the real world.
Hotmail Shame: The Digital World's Social Pressures And Netiquette Dilemmas
The digital world comes with social pressures, etiquette dilemmas and this uncomfortable truth: there is such a thing as online status, and many of us care more about it than...
Having A Conversation About Our Digital Lives
A collection of user comments on our latest series, "Digital Lives."
The Perils And Evolving Promise Of Multitasking
Multitasking is a myth. The brain is not designed to let people think of more than one thing at a time. Technology is taxing this bottleneck, but better tools could...
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Viewpoints: Gaming's Impact
Four video gamers weigh in on their playing and its effects.
My Son, The Dragon Slayer: The Risks And Rewards Of Growing Up Gaming
What does it mean to grow up gaming? Critics warn that games may be addictive and lead to aggression. Supporters say that games may be the best educational tools ever.
How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships
In our “always on” lives, there are many who worry we are too immersed in the digital world and not present enough in the real world.