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David Inge, NPR | Focus 580
Nov 30, 2009
An interview with Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, discussing the recent Pew Internet report ...
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Jonnelle Marte, Wall Street Journal | Digits
Nov 13, 2009
Are heavy Internet users living in an isolated virtual bubble, devoid of face-to-face human interaction? Or has the Web made us more connected to people?
A recent study by the Pew Research Center makes a case for the latter, finding that while the...
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Bettina Edelstein, J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado, New York Times
Nov 11, 2009
The New York Times's Tech Talk for November 11, 2009 includes an interview with Keith Hampton, lead author of a new study from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project on social isolation and technology, discussing the report. You c...
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Greg Toppo, USA Today
Nov 5, 2009
It's easy – and tempting – to believe that cellphones and the Internet are making Americans more isolated as they filter out those around them and focus on lighted screens, distant Facebook friends and LOL conversations.
But a new survey finds tha...
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Belinda Goldsmith, Miral Fahmy (ed.), Reuters News
Nov 5, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, the Internet and mobile phones are not isolating people but enhancing their social worlds, according to a U.S. survey.
The survey was sparked by a 2006 study by U.S. sociologists who argued technology is advancing a tre...
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Jon Gordon, American Public Media | Future Tense
Nov 5, 2009
A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that the Internet and mobile phones do not lead to social isolation, as some previous research suggested. In fact, there's plenty of evidence that people who spend a lot of time online h...
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David Glenn, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nov 5, 2009
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.
A ...
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