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NARCISSISTIC?

EPIDEMIC? What does it mean to call something an epidemic?

What is the purpose of the opening anecdote?

Any Logos provided?

New and different horror?

No children, no immediate social circle, no religious group

Where do we see pathos at play? She made calls to fans she found through fan conventions

Broader but shallow

What is the irony/contradiction? (p. 2)

Unbridled connectivity, unprecedented alienation

Less and less actual society

Who is to blame? FB

WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE USED, HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE THE AUTHOR STANDS?

NEWS HOOK?

CONSEQUENCES of FB? P.3

Claims about American isolation?

-americans are more solitary than ever before

Statistics?

Naysayers?

Quality not quantity

What is a confidant?

What are some measures/variabels in measuring loneliness?

Married or not?

Religious or not?

Whats this business about outsourcing caring?

Loneliness bad for your health?

Don’t exercise

Obsese?

Retirement home

Whats cause of loneliens??

Inherent to our culture?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SAY WE ARE LONELY BC WE WANT TO BE LONELY?

CELEBRATION OF THE SELF

WHAT IS THE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO FB?

Does the internet make us lonely, or are lonely people atteacted to the internet?

CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATIOn

DOES FACEBOOK CAUSE LONELINESS?

PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY ON FB ARE LONELY EVERYWHERE ELSE!

Depends on how you use FB: meaning?