In The Network Society, Castells (2005) writes:
The network society is also manifested in the transformation of
sociability. Yet, what we observe is not the fading away of face-to-face
interaction or the increasing isolation of people in front of their
computers. We know, from studies in different societies, that in most
instances Internet users are more social, have more friends and
contacts, and are more socially and politically active than non users.
Moreover, the more they use the Internet, the more they also engage in
face-to-face interaction in all domains of their lives. Similarly, new
forms of wireless communication, from mobile phone voice
communication to SMSs, WiFi and WiMax, substantially increase
sociability, particularly for the younger groups of the population. The
network society is a hypersocial society, not a society of isolation
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