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06 Nov 2009 07:28 pm
The Internet Doesn't Make You Lonely
Don Reisinger sums up a Pew report:
According to a Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey,
which polled 2,512 adults, the dawn of new technology and the Internet
has not caused people to withdraw from society. In fact, the study
found that "the extent of social isolation has hardly changed since
1985, contrary to concerns that the prevalence of severe isolation has
tripled since then." Pew said that 6 percent of the entire U.S. adult
population currently has "no one with whom they can discuss important
matters or who they consider to be 'especially significant' in their
life."
That said, Pew did find that Americans' "discussion networks"--a
measure of people's "most important social ties"--have shrunk "by about
a third since 1985" from three people to two. However, Pew found no
evidence to suggest that it had anything to do with mobile phones or
the Internet. In fact, the organization's study found that mobile-phone
use and active Web participation yields "larger and more diverse core
discussion networks."
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