Are Internet Users Antisocial Loners?
Interestingly Internet users in all countries spent more time per week socializing with friends than nonusers. Americans were near the bottom on how much time they spent with friends, and Internet users edged out nonusers by only a hair, at 8.4 hours a week compared to 8.2 for the computer challenged. In Sweden, however, users racked up 10.5 hours with friends compared to 8.9 for nonusers. In Taiwan, the most social country sampled, Internet users spent a whopping 23 hours a week of conviviality compared to the still notable 18.1 hours for nonusers. In Britain the score was users 11.7 to nonusers 10.0. Internet users were also more athletic. Only in Japan did users and nonusers spend an equal amount of time in the gym. Everywhere else, at least for the countries sampled — Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Macao, Singapore, Sweden, and the USA — the computerists had the clear lead in physical fitness, although in most countries by less than an hour lead. Typical was Germany, where Intern
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