MetaFilter posts tagged with sociology and Internet

Isolation in America

digaman — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:34:22 -0800

It's A Small World After All

jonp72 — Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:03:11 -0800

Stanley Milgram invented the term "six degrees of separation" after discovering in an experiment how closely interconnected social networks can be. The "six degrees" concept also inspired a play, a film, and a party game. The original study has recently attracted criticism, but now sociologists at Columbia University are planning to re-do the study over the Internet, using e-mail forwarding. Volunteers can sign up here.

mattpfeff — Tue, 08 Oct 2002 09:28:18 -0800

"If you like surfing the web, it is probably because you believe people are basically good." That's the Economist interpreting the results of a recent study by IBM researchers of how cultural characteristics apparently affect people's readiness to adopt new communications technologies.

tomcosgrave — Fri, 18 Feb 2000 08:22:57 -0800

We're not a bunch of internet-loners! We're vindicated - new study shows that people who become reclusives though using the internet are in a minority.