TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Internet and Human Social Ties: An Exploratory Approach
AU - Sijuwade, Philip O. 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 335
EP  - 341
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.335.341
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.335.341
KW  - Internet
KW  -isolation
KW  -cybercafe
KW  -hypotheses
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - The present study investigated whether internet usage and type of internet usage are associated with social isolation within internet users. There have been hopes and fears of the internet’s social impacts since it emerged. Among different social impact, this study focuses on the impact of the internet on people’s social connections. The main question of this study is that whether internet usage affects people’s social ties. Based on a social network approach, two hypotheses are suggested. First, the internet usage will decrease social isolation and second, social usage of internet will reduce social isolation. A sample of 100 cybercafe users in the city of Lagos, Nigeria was nominated to participate in the survey. Analyzing the findings, it appeared that both the internet usage and social usage of internet will be slightly associated with reduced level of social isolation.
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