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Discuss the positive and negative influence of technology on emotion and…

- - - - Results: more recent generations of college students progressively reported lower empathy and perspective taking scores.
        the most dramatic changes happened between 2000-09, the time when cell phones and major social media sites became a major function of daily life
        
        Conclusion: researchers point out the fact that the decline in empathy coincides with the rise of cell phones and social media. “younger people more frequently remove themselves from deep interpersonal social situations and become immersed in isolated online environments"
        
        Evaluation
        
        Limitation: sample is all young people
        
        Strength: strong testing component to evaluate both facets of empathy
        
        Link: more and more use of technology in everyday life has resulted in a decline in empathy
- - - - Results: engaging in online activities which led to real world face-to-face interactions demonstrated higher real-life empathy scores- such activities included social networking sites, search engines, email, etc. conversely, video games resulted in lower scores of empathy
        
        Conclusion: when investigating the relationship between technology and empathy, it is important to consider the online activity which is being used. some activities may increase empathy whereas others may decrease it
        
        Evaluation
        
        Strength: accounts for both cognitive and emotional aspects of empathy
        
        Limitation: unable to determine causation
        
        Link: some digital activities (i.e., those that anticipate face-to-face interaction) have been demonstrated to promote real-world empathy