Are We Actually in a Friendship Crisis? with Dr. Natalie Pennington, Friendship in America SeriesPart 1
Are we actually in a friendship crisis—or is something more complicated happening?
Americans have been hearing about a “loneliness epidemic” for years. But research from The American Friendship Project suggests that most Americans do have friends. So what's happening in this mismatch of data and perceptions?
To find out, in this episode Maria talks with Dr. Natalie Pennington, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University and co-lead of the American Friendship Project, about what the research actually tells us about friendship in the U.S., and how to make and…
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