New book examines how digital screens cause social disconnection

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260928/New-book-examines-how-digital-screens-cause-social-disconnection.aspx The most dramatic shift in human communication patterns in history is underway – the migration of social life onto screens – and researchers have issued stark warnings about the long-term impact on the health of our social species. Despite the promise of connection, digital life has produced its opposite, warns Professor of Sociology Vidar Halldorsson. Instead, he says it is reshaping our brains, our communities and our capacity for empathy. "Social media platforms, algorithmic feeds, and digital interfaces increasingly mediate relationships, replacing human-to-human interaction with human-to-object engagement. The implications are not just cultural or technological; they are profoundly sociological," he explains, in his new book How Digital Screen Use Alienates Society.