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Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term t o describe the way
many North Americans interact (互动) these days. The
1 is "networked individualism". This concept is not
2 to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals and be
networked
3 ? You need other people for
4 .
Here is
5 Professor Wellman means.
6 the invention of the Internet and e mail, our social networks
included
7 interactions with relatives, neighbors and colleagues at work. Some of the
8 was by phone, but
it was still voice to voice, person to person, in
9 time.
A recent
10 by the Pew Internet and American Life Project
11 that for a lot of people, electronic
interaction through the computer has
12 the person-to-person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew's study
13 that's a good thing. Why?
In the past, many people were
14 that the Internet isolated (隔离,孤立) us and caused us to
15 too
much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew's study discovered that the
16 is true. The
Internet
17 us with more real people than expected-
18 people who can give advice on careers, medical
problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the
Internet
19 an important role in helping them make major life decisions.
Thanks to the computer,"networked individuals" are able to be
20 and together with other people-at the
same time!
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