Bagalaaliwo, M De'Semaline2026-09-072026-09-072026-03-06Bagalaaliwo, M D. (2026). Digital isolation and mental health. Daily Monitor.https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/9347Newspaper ArticleNetworked isolation in Uganda modern social life in a youth-dominated country is shaped by constant visibility and platform-mediated interaction. Continuous connection does not automatically produce deeper social competence and what appears to be socialising often functions as networking: visibility, strategic contact and transactional positoning rather than sustained relational depth.enArticle