May 10, 2000

10:49 AM

Maybe there's hope for our social lives after all. A new study (complete report here) seems to directly contradict February's study which claimed that the Internet makes people antisocial hermits. This new study is particularly focused on the habits of women who use the web but offers many interesting numbers that apply across gender lines, i.e. "Nearly three-quarters of Internet users (72%) say they visited family or friends "yesterday," while 61% of nonusers report they had visited someone".
posted by Sapphireblue (2 comments total)

... doh, I said "web" and not "internet"; smack me if I do that again. heh.
posted by Sapphireblue at 10:51 AM on May 10, 2000

Nearly three-quarters of Internet users (72%) say they visited family or friends "yesterday"

That's because they live at home and never go out-- the visiting is when they emerge for the bathroom and mumble a few words to mom or dad.
posted by chaz at 12:17 PM on May 10, 2000