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Only 6% of the adult population has no one with whom they can discuss important matters or who they consider to be “especially significant” in their life.

contrary to the considerable concern that people’s use of the internet and cell phones could be tied to the trend towards smaller networks, we find that ownership of a mobile phone and participation in a variety of internet activities are associated with larger and more diverse core discussion networks. (Discussion networks are a key measure of people’s most important social ties.)

One place that adolescents now spend a considerable amount of time is in online settings, and these online venues, such as multi-user domains (MUDs), have been linked to identity exploration (Turkle, 1995).

). Identity also involves a sense of continuity of self images over time

unitary sense of identity is constructed after a successful search for who one is.