"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The ...

The decline in hanging out coincides with the rise of personal entertainment and mobile phones: it seems we would rather spend ... to meet in person and dislike social media, but all your friends ...

A friend texts you to cancel the dinner you ... "When you're at a party, it's easier than ever, arguably, to take out your phone, look into your palm, and suddenly, from an experiential standpoint ...