Study: Internet Use Won't Cause Social Isolation

"Although technology and the Internet have taken a beating in the past for potentially limiting people's social interaction, a new study from the Pew Research Center has found that the opposite might be true. According to a Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey, which polled 2,512 adults, the dawn of new technology and the Internet has not caused people to withdraw from society. In fact, the study found that 'the extent of social isolation has hardly changed since 1985, contrary to concerns that the prevalence of severe isolation has tripled since then.' Pew said that 6 percent of the entire U.S. adult population currently has 'no one with whom they can discuss important matters or who they consider to be especially significant in their life."