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When we met Dorin, she was a 10-year-old girl living in Boston. If you entered her room in one of the early autumn evenings, you could probably see her doing homework while listening to “noisy” music and, at the same time, sending texts on her cell to a group of friends. Her computer was on and she was also communicating with another group of friends, while searching on a forum for friends and checking if she got any answers to her comments. She was able to move quickly from one activity to another. To her annoyed mother, Dorin stated that her attention was focused all the time on her homework.

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Margalit, M. (2010). Loneliness and Virtual Connections. In: Lonely Children and Adolescents. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6284-3_6

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