A Newer, Lonelier Crowd Emerges in Internet Study (fwd)

[Andy Carvin <acarvin@GLOBALSCHOOLHOUSE.COM>]

From today's Benton Headlines... -ac

A NEWER, LONELIER CROWD EMERGES IN INTERNET STUDY
Issue: Media & Society/Internet
This was delivered to you via the Internet; so, you're an Internet user.
You're obsessed with the Net. You spend less time with friends and family,
less time shopping in stores [gasp!] and more time working at home after
hours. These are the findings of a Stanford study to be published today. In
short, "the more hours people use the Internet, the less time they spend
with real human beings," said Norman Nie, a political scientist at Stanford
University who was the principal investigator for the study. 60% of regular
Internet users surveyed watch less television and one-third say they spend
less time reading newspapers. The survey of 4,113 individuals over 18 found
that 55% of those polled had Internet access at home or work and that 43% of
households were online.
[SOURCE: New York Times (A1), AUTHOR: John Markoff]
(http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/biztech/articles/16online.html)
See Also:
A WEB OF WORKAHOLIC MISFITS?
"Can you get a hug, a warm voice, over the Internet?" asks Stanford
researcher Norman Nie.
[SOURCE: Washington Post (A1), AUTHOR: David Streiterfeld]
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55210-2000Feb15.html)
NET STUDY WILL FUEL DEBATE OVER SOCIAL EFFECTS
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury Interactive, AUTHOR: David Plotnikoff]
(http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/modemdriver/docs/dp021600.htm)

Andy Carvin
WWWEDU Coordinator and Moderator
andy@gsn.org

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