Survey: Web, cellphone users aren't isolated from reality

Survey: Web, cellphone users aren't isolated from reality

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 that this may not be true.

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