Bowling with our imaginary friends Export

@article{citeulike:2445637, abstract = {Putnam [J. Democracy 6 (1995) Putnam, R. D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000). New York: Simon \& Schuster.] claims that Americans are socially and civically disengaged because they watch too much TV. I contend that, because evolved psychological mechanisms have difficulty comprehending entities that did not exist in the environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA), humans should fail to distinguish between real friends and the imaginary ones they see on TV. Consistent with my contention, the analysis of the US General Social Survey (GSS) data indicates that people who watch certain types of TV are more satisfied with their friendships as if they had more friends and socialized with them more often.}, author = {Kanazawa, Satoshi}, citeulike-article-id = {2445637}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00098-8}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T6H-45NT8T8-2/2/b06d314c1919aaf89c96f7d8d4c1bfd4}, doi = {10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00098-8}, journal = {Evolution and Human Behavior}, keywords = {eea, evolution, media, mediation, network, social}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {167--171}, posted-at = {2008-02-29 01:22:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Bowling with our imaginary friends}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00098-8}, volume = {23}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2445637 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2445637 N2 - Putnam [J. Democracy 6 (1995) Putnam, R. D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000). New York: Simon & Schuster.] claims that Americans are socially and civically disengaged because they watch too much TV. I contend that, because evolved psychological mechanisms have difficulty comprehending entities that did not exist in the environment of evolutionary adaptedness (EEA), humans should fail to distinguish between real friends and the imaginary ones they see on TV. Consistent with my contention, the analysis of the US General Social Survey (GSS) data indicates that people who watch certain types of TV are more satisfied with their friendships as if they had more friends and socialized with them more often. IS - 3 JF - Evolution and Human Behavior EP - 171 TI - Bowling with our imaginary friends VL - 23 SP - 167 KW - eea KW - evolution KW - media KW - mediation KW - network KW - social AU - Kanazawa, Satoshi PY - 2002/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00098-8 ER -