On the other hand, Teddy Wayne and L Mark Carrier objected to Turkle's statement about the negative impact of digital technology on human empathy. According to Teddy Wayne's article “Found on Facebook: Empathy,” he insists that being on the Internet does not replace face-to-face time or reduce real-world empathy. However, specific online activities such as playing video games instead have negative effects on empathy. Additionally, empathy can be found online, but in-person empathy has a six-fold greater impact on feelings of social support. As an opponent of Turkle's point of view, L Mark Carrier and all his colleagues used a variety of scientific supports to conclude that virtual empathy exists and relates to feelings of social support and that virtual empathy was positively correlated with empathy in the real world, according to Carrier's journal. “Virtual Empathy: Positive and Negative Impacts of Going Online on Empathy in Young Adults.” My opinion is that virtual empathy exists and connects with real-world empathy. While I admit that virtual empathy was positively related to social support, I still support it in the real world
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