Social Isolation and New Technology, by Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, Lee Rainie, PEW Internet (Nov 4, 2009)
This is reassuring news - especially in contrast to the view that people using the Internet as a new source lean to limited engagement outside of their beliefs and biases.
"This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are associated with more diverse social networks."
Posted by Gwen at November 11, 2009 06:19 PM