Does Technology Reduce Social Isolation?, article.
"... people who regularly use digital technologies are more social than the average American and more likely to visit parks and cafes, or volunteer for local organizations, according to the study..."
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2 comments:
The problem with surveys is that these can be intentionally skewed by the careful crafting of the questions being asked. Also, there's a tendency for people to tell them what they think they want to hear, rather perhaps than appear to be a respondent that's outside the norm of others.
So I'd tend to take the results of any survey with the traditional 'grain of salt'. They're too easily manipulated towards a desired outcome.
According to some OTHER surveys, it's the exact opposite: using a lot of "new communications technologies" leads people to communicating much less in the "normal" way.
Like Ray said... ;-p
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