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The amount of  time that we have been spending with real people has decreased since 1997 and this is affecting our health. And so says the findings of a recent research study on the physiological effects in the long run of the decreasing “real” social interaction among individuals – that means us. This effect was even heightened by the ongoing recession which has made “real” social interaction more expensive.The research study was reitereated by  Adrian Stewart, CEO and founder of Azure Internet Marketing. Mr. Stewart has been tracking developmens on behalf of his clients and students. And the research study was conducted by Dr. Aric Sigman who wrote in the Biologist Magazine about the decreasing time people spend with each which is in turn damaging their healt. According to Dr. Sigman our social networking activities is altering how our genes work, upsetting our immune responses, hormone levels, functions of the arteries and influences our mental performance. Social networking according to Dr. Sigman has been keeping people isolated.

Reacting to the findings of the research, Mr. Stewart aired his concern regarding the direction that the increasing usage and dependence of people to social ntworking, is leading to. Mr. Stewart said:

“Time on social Networks, gaming, multimedia, gambling and humor are on the increase. It would appear that as Americans and Europeans come to terms with layoffs, redundancy and gloomy economic forecasts. Then the Internet is helping people not only when it comes to writing resumes and job searching but also by offering a low or no cost way to pass their time.”

Mr. Stewart also believes that the long term physiological effects of internet usage outweighs its short term psychological benefits.  The physiological effects is causing an increasing trend in the incidence of illness and premature mortality.

So, are you scared about the results of this study? Are you so dependent to social networking that you rarely interact in “real life” anymore?

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