id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 6w924b3196t Amanda Robyn Matthews The Technological Insularity Scale: A Scale Development 2006 .txt text/plain 115 6 18 The psychometric quality of the TIS is supported by results of a factor analysis, and relationships found between the scale and social desirability, empathy, and social isolation scales. Technological insularity is defined as a psychological construct associated with technology-mediated communication in which the communicator is more isolated from and less mindful of the recipients or intended audience when engaged in computer-mediated communications than when engaged in face-to-face conversations. cache/6w924b3196t.txt txt/6w924b3196t.txt