Nov 5th, 2009 - GigaOM
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We're all familiar with the stereotype of the tech cave dweller, perusing a list of arcane Linux commands on a lonely Saturday night, no friends in sight. In the age of ubiquitous - and social - technology, though, can we conclude that the Internet, smartphones and new technologies isolate us and encourage cocooning, or the opposite?
The Pew Internet & American Life Project sought answers to such questions through phone interviews with 2,512 adults in the U.S., and there are surprises in the survey results. I do wonder, though, how the results might skew differently if people under 18 had been included. Here are just some of the findings, with more results below the fold:
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