密歇根新闻广播 手机是否让我们的社交能力有所下降?

What's the first thing you do when you're waiting at the post office or a bus stop?

Likely, you whip out your smart phone. That's according to Daniel Kruger, a scientist with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.

Kruger designed an observational study to explore what people do in their down time. He found that most people start using their phones within 10 seconds of waiting. Within 20 seconds, 80% of people are typing, swiping, or scrolling¹.

Kruger described this phenomenon as evidence of a change in how humans interact² with their "virtual³ worlds." It's possible that the more people engage in those social connections that exist online, Kruger said, the less time people spend connecting with those in their immediate⁴ environment. Rather than getting to know the barista or the barber, folks are checking their email or their Instagram.

Kruger wonders about young people who are growing up in today's smartphone-saturated world.

"What happens when they actually have to talk to a stranger in real-life social space? Are they going to be able to carry on appropriate social interactions? Are they going to be limited just to the friends that they have in their virtual social network?"

For many, it's increasingly hard to imagine what life was like before cell phones ate up so much of our down time. That's not necessarily a bad thing, Kruger said. Ultimately⁵, he recommends balance.

"Carve out some time for real life interactions, for some social space, for meeting and talking to strangers," Kruger said, "so we don't lose that human connection."

Hear more about how cell phones have changed the waiting game, including evidence that points to a difference between how men and women engage with this technology, in our interview above.

1 scrolling   

n.卷[滚]动法，上下换行v.（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页( scroll的现在分词 )；（似卷轴般）卷起；（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕

参考例句：

• Another important detail required by auto-scrolling is a time delay. 自动滚屏需要的另一个重要细节是时间延迟。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• In 2D visualization and drawing applications, vertical and horizontal scrolling are common. 在二维的可视化及绘图应用中，垂直和水平滚动非常普遍。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

3 virtual   

adj.实质上的，事实上的，实际上的

参考例句：

• This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
• At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 ultimately   

adv.最后地，最终地，首要地，基本地

参考例句：

• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
• Vitamin C deficiency can ultimately lead to scurvy.缺乏维生素C最终能道致坏血病。