# How the Internet enables intimacy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: Stefana Broadbent
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/stefana_broadbent_how_the_internet_enables_intimacy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.

## Lectures

1. [How the Internet enables intimacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/stefana_broadbent_how_the_internet_enables_intimacy/6e8b2bfd3fd7), 10 min (TED's player)