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Thursday, July 26, 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/technology/circuits/26SADD.html Professor Who Once Found Isolation Online Has a Change of Heart By LISA GUERNSEY THREE years ago, Robert Kraut, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, released a shocking study of the Internet's impact. According to his findings, heavy Internet users reported increases in loneliness and depression and saw the size of their social networks decline over time.... Now Dr. Kraut is causing a stir yet again. He has new data from a more recent survey that in many respects contradicts his original research. Following up with the subjects of his first study, he found that the symptoms of depression had declined and that loneliness no longer appeared to be significantly associated with Internet use. "A three-year follow-up of the original sample found that negative effects dissipated," writes Dr. Kraut and his research team in a peer-reviewed analysis of the data that is to be published in the Journal of Social Issues next spring....
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