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Pew Report on social isolation and new technology
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Here is some information on the new Pew report on social isolation and new technology. Keith Hampton et al. wrote the report that examines the impact of mobile phones and the net on social isolation. According to the report, both technologies foster social interaction.
Rich L.
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY
[SOURCE: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, AUTHOR:
Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, Lee Rainie] This report on the Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey adds new insights to an ongoing debate about the extent of social isolation in America. A widely-reported 2006 study argued that since
1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks has declined, and the diversity of those people with whom they discuss important matters has decreased. In particular, the study found that Americans have fewer close ties to those from their neighborhoods and from voluntary associations. Sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears suggest that new technologies, such as the Internet and mobile phone, may play a role in advancing this trend. Specifically, they argue that the type of social ties supported by these technologies are relatively weak and geographically dispersed, not the strong, often locally-based ties that tend to be a part of peoples' core discussion network. They depicted the rise of Internet and mobile phones as one of the major trends that pulls people away from traditional social settings, neighborhoods, voluntary associations, and public spaces that have been associated with large and diverse core networks.
www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Techn...
Here is some information on the new Pew report on social isolation and new technology. Keith Hampton et al. wrote the report that examines the impact of mobile phones and the net on social isolation. According to the report, both technologies foster social interaction.
Rich L.
SOCIAL ISOLATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY
[SOURCE: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, AUTHOR:
Keith Hampton, Lauren Sessions, Eun Ja Her, Lee Rainie] This report on the Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey adds new insights to an ongoing debate about the extent of social isolation in America. A widely-reported 2006 study argued that since
1985 Americans have become more socially isolated, the size of their discussion networks has declined, and the diversity of those people with whom they discuss important matters has decreased. In particular, the study found that Americans have fewer close ties to those from their neighborhoods and from voluntary associations. Sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears suggest that new technologies, such as the Internet and mobile phone, may play a role in advancing this trend. Specifically, they argue that the type of social ties supported by these technologies are relatively weak and geographically dispersed, not the strong, often locally-based ties that tend to be a part of peoples' core discussion network. They depicted the rise of Internet and mobile phones as one of the major trends that pulls people away from traditional social settings, neighborhoods, voluntary associations, and public spaces that have been associated with large and diverse core networks.
www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18--Social-Isolation-and-New-Techn...
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