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Mashable!:  MYTH BUSTED: Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation

CrunchGear:  Breaking: Online social network use isn’t detrimental to your actual social network

Fast Company - Technology:  Is There Such Thing as Internet Addiction?

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Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks http://bit.ly/J7OqF 26 days ago

RT @iwantmedia Internet, cellphone users are "more social; more likely to visit a bar," says new Pew study http://bit.ly/2zlQJ2 27 days ago

Who would of thunk it - the interwebs enables social activity: http://bit.ly/2zlQJ2 - Madness! 27 days ago

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MYTH BUSTED: Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation
Mashable! — ... This is the picture we’ve been fed a lot by the media (did you see the movie Gamer? I rest my case), but according to a study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, it’s simply not true. ...

Breaking: Online social network use isn’t detrimental to your actual social network
CrunchGear — ... who use social networks tend to have “real” social networks that are more diverse than people who don’t • Internet users are no less likely to have a chat with their neighbor than someone who doesn’t use the Internet all that much You can read the full study here, or, like me, just be content with the executive summary. My interest in social networks died some time ago, but hooray for all the folks out there who keep bringing the thunder. via Yahoo

Is There Such Thing as Internet Addiction?
Fast Company - Technology — China has banned the use of physical punishment to cure Internet addicts, according to a report in CIO, a publication of the International Data Group. But was there ever such a thing as Internet addiction in the first place? According to IDG, the Chinese clinics are frequently used to treat distant, isolated, or academically lazy students. The "boot-camp" style institutions came to the attention of Chinese officials after reports of severe beatings and at least one death. They are also known to use electro-shock therapy and periods of solitary confinement as treatment. But social isolation may not share a causative correlation ...