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The Psychological Impact of Digital Isolation: How AI-Driven Social Interactions Shape Human Behavior and Mental Well-Being Felix Eling 3697-3705 Apr 30, 2025 Education The Psychological Impact of Digital Isolation: How AI-Driven Social Interactions Shape Human Behavior and Mental Well-Being Felix Eling Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Gulu College of Health Sciences, Gulu City, Northern Uganda DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.47772/IJRISS.2025.90400265 Received: 13 March 2025; Revised: 22 March 2025; Accepted: 25 March 2025; Published: 30 April 2025 ABSTRACT The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in social interactions has transformed how humans experience companionship, communication, and mental well-being. This review examines the psychological impact of AI-driven social interactions, focusing on virtual assistants, AI chatbots, and digital companions. It explores the benefits, risks, and ethical concerns associated with AI companionship. A systematic review methodology was employed, detailing inclusion criteria, databases searched, and analysis techniques. Findings suggest that while AI can offer emotional relief and support, over-reliance may disrupt real-world social bonding. Ethical concerns such as data privacy, emotional manipulation, and regulatory gaps are highlighted. The study underscores the need for balanced AI integration in human socialization. The study also addresses gaps in previous literature by examining AI’s influence on different demographic groups and cultural contexts.

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.

I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

It’s me! It’s my pub that’s OnlineFirst in EPA @economyandspace.bsky.social !

Sign the Petition Save Geography at the University of Leicester

Only three months ago, Human Geography at Leicester was ranked No.1 in the UK for overall positivity in the 2025 National Student Survey. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them. In solidarity, please sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

Why yes I am interested in rural policy and mission-led government. Looking forward to this read!

Help! Seeking a short documentary style film for undergrad class showcasing communing, community economies, diverse economies, or other alt-capitalist forms in action at the local level. Any suggestions?? #communityeconomies #altcapitalism

Is Wyoming's 'prison gerrymandering' overrepresenting some districts while depriving prisoners of political representation? - WyoFile Incarcerated people can’t vote, but are counted as residents of the legislative district where they're incarcerated, not where they actually call home, a new report finds.

Incarcerated people in Wyoming can't vote, but are counted as residents of the legislative district where they're incarcerated, not where they actually call home, a new report finds.

Reform advocates say Wyoming's "miscounted districts" are among the worst in the nation.

Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...

🔥 What are the biggest pressures facing regional researchers today?
Find out in this new RSA blog by @rsachiefexec.bsky.social & @gretegans.bsky.social, based on RSA’s 2024–25 focus groups.
Read: bit.ly/406UEb9
Also✨ Rolling call for blogs = OPEN!
🌍 Summer blog series lands soon—watch this space.

Researching regions: The Professional Challenges Experienced By Regional Researchers - RSA Main In 2024 and early 2025, a large number of Regional Studies Association (RSA) members participated in a series of focus group sessions convened by the RSA to understand the priorities of the regional s...

This @regstud.bsky.social blog summarises the challenges facing regional researchers. Thanks to all those who contributed their experiences and to @gretegans.bsky.social for working with me to put this together www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...

Hi everyone

I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests

I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

What Musk's DOGE Really Cut: Trust, Safety, and Democracy - Roosevelt Institute The American public deserves a government that is fit for purpose and delivers on its promises. But Elon Musk never intended to create that. DOGE was built on the fiction of Musk’s mastery of all things, one of the many myths attributed to the ultra-wealthy. What it concealed was a public sector novice who failed to understand the basic mechanics of the institutions he railed against incessantly.

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency took a wrecking ball to the public sector.

DOGE didn’t “save money.” It weakened science, consumer protections, and tax enforcement—while enriching billionaires. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...

Look it’s me, feeling inspired from heaps of fascinating & high quality presentations at #GCEG2025. My thanks & congratulations to the organizers!

For those interested in industrial strategy, consider our open special issue call w details below 😉

ed. w @prt1969.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social

DOGE in the real world: direct job cuts in a program for low income adults which would be catalytic for their upward mobility, and ability to transition into “skilled” labor fields. Unbelievable.

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

Want your NIH and NSF program officers and division directors to be fired and turned into political appointees?

Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments

Comments can tank a proposed rule in court.

📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj

I cycled there - fascinating and beautiful ! …but would probably recommend driving 😂 yes, the drive would be worth it ;)

Elon Musk’s net worth is double the total wages for the executive branch workforce according to DOGE.

Thank you @rural-reconcile.bsky.social ! TL;DR = The taxonomy identifies growth-oriented “booster” policies vs. equity-oriented “builder” policies, and means of intervention + types of regions which stand to benefit *differ* based on policy aims.

Now you want to read? Check out the summary!

Thanks to everyone who came out! Always energizing to connect with fellow peripheries enthusiasts. Learn more and sign up for our email list at edgenet-rsa.weebly.com

@gretegans.bsky.social kicks off the afternoon session on present priorities/future directions @regstud.bsky.social #RSA2025

Got to be in the running for best photo with the banner !

For those at #RSA25 - join EdgeNet for a happy hour with fellow peripheries researchers : 7 pm at Bar Aduela in Porto City centre. 🥂 raise a glass to ‘the rest’ with us!
@regstud.bsky.social

happy to kick off my fave conference @regstud.bsky.social with friends old and new in Porto 🇵🇹! #RSA25 is a big deal, and this banner is here to prove it (pictured with me & @mia-gray.bsky.social for scale)

As @andywestwood.bsky.social can confirm , this is actually happening!

this is so stupid.

Rural leaders push Congress to unfreeze climate and environmental funds Leaders from rural communities in eight states travelled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.

Leaders from rural communities in eight states traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to urge lawmakers to preserve federal funding that's threatened by the Trump administration.

So excited to share the weekend w @riaadams.bsky.social checking out rural communities in eastern #Wyoming. Statistics would call these places #LeftBehind, and their built environment might look like that too. But we found many local initiatives *building* community. More to come 🤎💛

Eight front covers of RSA journal and publications

Are you at #AAG2025 @geographers.bsky.social ? Join the panel discussion with @rsachiefexec.bsky.social ‘Publishing Regional Studies Research: from Blogs to Books’ tomorrow (27/03) morning. Full info at www.regionalstudies.org/news/rsa-at-...

Shaping opportunity spaces: the role of narratives in place leadership This paper aims to identify micro-level processes shaping the narratives surrounding regional opportunity spaces. A process perspective is applied to examine how place leaders engage in shaping nar...

Just published @regionalstudies.bsky.social! Markus Grillitsch, @miorner.bsky.social, Daniel Schiller and I examine the role of #narratives in place leadership, their influence on perceptions of opportunity spaces and introduce a multiple-phase framework for their analysis. 💭
doi.org/10.1080/0034...

DOGE, which operates with a spirit of moving fast and breaking things across the rest of the government, says it cannot be expected to move fast and set up a FOIA operation.