[Air-l] Statistics Canada - General Social Survey: The Internet and the way we spend our time

[Ulf-Dietrich Reips]

Interesting effect ;-) As surprising as finding that people who 
almost always use a car for transportation lead a different lifestyle 
than those who exclusively use horses for transportation. And those 
who are almost always on the road spend less time socializing with 
their spouse or partner, or their children and friends. And they may 
also not have time to indulge in outdoor activities.
So what?
Sad to see this type of study reflected in the media over and over again.
Regards, --u

At 10:18 Uhr -0400 2.8.2006, Mark Bell wrote:
>Folks,
>
>This was posted on Canoe.ca today:
>
>"Heavy Internet users are different
>2006-08-02 09:40:00
>
>OTTAWA (CP) - There's a new study that says heavy Internet users lead a
>considerably different lifestyle than people who do not surf the web.
>
>Statistics Canada says it found that heavy Net users spent less time to
>socializing with their spouse or partner, or their children and friends.
>
>And they tended to stay at home, showing less interest in outdoor activities
>than non-users."
>
>Rest of article:
>http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/Entertainment/2006/08/02/1715240-cp.html
>
>More information about the study can be found here:
>http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060802/d060802a.htm
>
>Happy reading,
>
>M
>
>--
>Mark Bell
>MA student in Ball State University's Digital Storytelling program
>http://www.storygeek.com
>"The future is here...it's just not widely distributed." - Tim O'Reilly
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