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Sunday, July 4, 2010

The future of social relations | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

The future of social relations | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

The social benefits of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade, according to experts who responded to a survey about the future of the internet. They say this is because email, social networks, and other online tools offer 'low-friction' opportunities to create, enhance, and rediscover social ties that make a difference in people's lives. The internet lowers traditional communications constraints of cost, geography, and time; and it supports the type of open information sharing that brings people together.

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