Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ Tracy Kennedy, Lee Rainie, Aaron Smith Amy Tracey Wells and I have a study out today. We provide information, based on a survey, showing how American households spend lots of time during the day connecting with each other by mobile phone and the Internet. No more does Daddy Ozzie go over to work, leaving Mommy Harriet at home and the kids at school -- all disconnected. However, we also find lots of traditional togetherness, on nights and weekends, with most families eating family meals together most nights. This is the latest Pew Internet study, "Networked Households". It's out today and available at www.pewinternet.org For the short version, you can read about it in the Washington Post, USA Today, AFP, and probably you can hear me on Monday Oct 20 doing an interview on "Future Tense" (NPR/US public radio). YMMV, but most readers of this list are atypical. Barry Wellman