Is Social Media Killing Conversation and Connection?
In a world of increasingly virtual interaction, not face-to-face, it is reasonable to wonder whether the time we spend in the digital world is affecting how we communicate in the real one. Does this time online hinder how connected and engaged we are in our everyday lives? Fewer words in real life? One recent widely reported study (Pfeifer and Mehl, 2026) compared data on words spoken by more than 2000 speakers, ages 10 to 94, drawn from 22 studies over 14 years (2005-2019). Overall, during the period studied, they found a consistent annual decline in word count—dropping about 338 words per year. ….[READ]
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