We've heard a lot about social isolation as a result of online technologies, but this study finds "we find that social isolation has not increased since 1985." Instead, "the size of core networks has declined and the number of nonkin in core networks has diminished." As well, "Mobile phone and Internet use, especially specific uses of social media, were found to have a positive relationship to network size and diversity." That sounds about right to me.
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