Betul juga Pak Ardi,

Transparansi relasi dan komunikasi via jejaring elektronik (interconnected 
relationship and telecom) memang budaya dan produk neo-lib yang telah cukup 
berjasa membebaskan kita dari "perbudakan surat menyurat di atas 
kertas/kayu/prasasti" .. Jadi faham "kebebasan untuk membebaskan" (libertate 
pro libertate) yang bisa diakomodir secara kolektif adalah "pihak2 mana yang 
wajib/berhak untuk membebaskan/dibebaskan" dari "perbudakan 
hypokrasi-demagogy-hysteria publik" terhadap informasi2 yang saling 
berinteraksi dan berinterdepensi antar umat manusia dunia yang berjumlah antara 
5-6 miliar homo sapiens ini ..

" E-HumanistiCapitalism " masih menunggu untuk dimodali, dikembangkan, 
diberdayakan bersama secara kolektif .. dalam alam kebebasan berbasis 30 HAM 
bagi seluruh warga dunia ..

Salam E-NKRI!

HM

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From: "Ardi Sutedja K." <[email protected]> 
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:26:06 -0800 (PST)
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Subject: [APWKomitel] Web, Cellphone users are not isolated from reality!


Web, cellphone users are not isolated from reality

By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY

It's easy – and tempting – to believe that cellphones and the Internet are 
making Americans more isolated as they filter out those around them and focus 
on lighted screens, distant Facebook friends and LOL conversations.


But a new survey finds that this may not be true.



In fact, Americans who use such technologies have larger and more diverse "core 
discussion networks" than those who don't – and their networks also appear to 
be more diverse.



Though the study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds evidence 
that using social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn can indeed 
substitute for a measure of neighborhood involvement, Internet users in general 
are just as likely as others to visit with neighbors. Cellphone users, bloggers 
and those who use the Internet frequently at work are actually more likely to 
belong to a local volunteer group as well.



"It really adds a whole new social setting," says sociologist Keith Hampton of 
the University of Pennsylvania and one of the authors of the study.



But the survey also finds that although Facebook users know their neighbors as 
well as others, they're less likely to see them as companions or to rely on 
them for help in caring for themselves or a family member.



The survey is the first to examine how using cellphones and the Internet 
changes how people interact – and it suggests that Internet use doesn't keep 
people from public places such as parks, restaurants, libraries and cafes. 
Actually, the technology is associated with more widespread use of these 
places, though Hampton says it's unclear whether Internet use widens people's 
social circles or whether people with already-wide social circles simply tend 
to use the Internet more.



Either way, the findings may serve as a sort of salve to those who worry about 
growing social isolation in the USA. A widely read 2006 study by researchers at 
the University of Arizona and Duke University found that the proportion of 
Americans who have "no one with whom they discuss important matters" nearly 
tripled from 1985 to 2004. It also found that the average person's social 
network had shrunk by about one-third, from three people to two.



The Pew study, which posed the same questions, confirms the shrinking network 
but shows people who use cellphones and the Internet actually buck the trend.



For instance, respondents who have a cellphone have a "core discussion network" 
that is 12% bigger than those who don't. Those who use the Internet for instant 
messaging or to share photos have a network that's 9% bigger – and they're more 
likely to discuss important matters with people who aren't family.


The findings clearly stand in contrast to the notion that technology "might 
cause people to retreat from life," says Lee Rainie, who directs the Pew 
Internet project. Spending time with online social networks, he says, gives 
people "new powers to extend themselves and extend their interests."



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