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Nov 5, 2009The Chronicle of Higher Education
Americans tend to have fewer close confidants today than they did two decades ago -- but that isn't because they're all huddled over their computers playing World of Warcraft or reading the Volokh Conspiracy.
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Nov 5, 2009New York Times Bits Blog
Hundreds of daily updates come from friends on Facebook and Twitter, but do people actually feel closer to each other?
It turns out the size of the average American’s social circle is smaller today than 20 years ago, as measured by the ...
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Nov 4, 2009Associated Press
NEW YORK — A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Online activities such as e-mail, blogging and ...
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Nov 4, 2009MSNBC
Americans’ love affairs with mobile phones and the Internet are not contributing factors to an increase in social isolation in the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Despite the fact t...
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