The 2019 ‘UK Teenage Loneliness and Technology’ survey from Talk Talk shares how lonely people can experience the greatest uplifts from positive interactions with others and ways in which technology can be used safely and interactively to build social connections.
The research also exposed a digital divide within the family, as teenagers and their parents have contrasting perceptions of how technology, the internet, and social media contribute to youth loneliness:
- 26% of parents thought that social media and the internet was making their child less lonely
- 48% of teenagers thought that social media and the internet made them less lonely
