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Here is an interesting online, scholarly journal devoted to information technology and society. The journal comes out of Stanford and is free. The range of issues includes what gives when Internet use increases --TV and sleep, apparently -- as well as looking at the type of impact the digital divide has on a number of different countries. 

This study published in 2002 really hits home after watching the Mike Wesch videos last week, particularly his presentation concerning villages in New Guinea. At the very top of the report, it clearly states "that the more time people spend using the Internet, the more they lose contact with their social environment. This effect is noticeable even with just 2-5 Internet hours per week, and it rises substantially for those spending more than 10 hours per week." And this was in 2002, prior to the growth of twitter, facebook, and iPhone. Not only are we constantly plugged in at home, we can take our Internet with use now.