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1、IT&SOCIETY,VOLUME1,ISSUE1,SUMMER2002,PP.166-179http://www.ITandSociety.orgPROJECTSYNTOPIA:SOCIALCONSEQUENCESOFINTERNETUSEJAMESE.KATZRONALDE.RICEABSTRACTThisarticleprovidesanoverviewoftheSyntopiaProjectandresultsfromnationallyrepresentativetelephonesurveysofInternetuse/nonuseandso
2、cialimpactsfrom1995,1996,1997and2000.Themainthemescoveredinthesurveysareaccess,community/politicalinvolvement,andsocialinteraction.AfterabriefoverviewofassociationsbetweenInternetuseandinvolvement,thearticlesummarizestherelationshipsbetweenInternetuseandnonuse,andofflineandonline
3、socialinteraction.Essentially,acrossthesamples,Internetusersarequitesociable—theyaremoreinvolvedandsociallyactivethannonusers.TheseandrelatedresultsimplythatneitherdystopiannorutopianviewsofthesocialconsequencesoftheInternetaresupportedbyrepresentativesurveydata.Rather,theresults
4、supportamoresyntopianperspective:theInternethasallowedindividualsandgroupstofindcommoninterests,engageinvarioustypesofexchangeandcreatebondsofconcern,supportandaffectionthatcanunitethem—forbothgoodandill.________________________JamesE.KatzisProfessorintheDepartmentofCommunication
5、attheSchoolofCommunication,Information&LibraryStudies,RutgersUniversity,wherehestudiessocialusesandimplicationsofnewmedia,especiallytheInternetandmobilecommunication.RonaldE.RiceisDistinguishedProfessor,andChair,intheDepartmentofCommunicationattheSchoolofCommunication,Information
6、&LibraryStudies,RutgersUniversity,wherehestudiesthediffusionofinnovations,socialaspectsofnewmedia,andpubliccommunicationcampaigns.TheauthorsremainindebtedtoPhilipAspden,nowoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,forhispivotalroleinearlySyntopiaProject’sdatacollectionandanalysis.Theauthors
7、alsoacknowledgethecontinuedandgeneroussupportoftheMarkleFoundation.©2002byStanfordUniversity167PROJECTSYNTOPIAKATZ&RICEThediminutivecomputermousehasroared,affectingthecommunicationandsocialbehaviorsofmillionsofpeople.However,asthisinauguralissueofIT&Societyattests,socialscientist
8、sandtheirplethoraofsponsors(includingthe
