A new University of Michigan study finds that, while people on Facebook may feel connected, it doesn’t make them any happier.
The study used 82 young adults, all of whom had smartphones and Facebook accounts. The researchers then used experience-sampling to measure how the users think, felt and behaved by texting them at random times five days a week for two weeks. Each text contained a link to an online survey with five questions, including how the Facebook user felt at that moment, how worried he/she was and how lonely the user felt at that time.
The study concluded that the more people used Facebook during a particular time period, the worse they felt.
