Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life

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AMERICANS GIVING UP FRIENDS, SEX FOR WEB
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Belinda Goldsmith]
Surfing the net has become an obsession for many Americans with the majority of U.S. adults feeling they cannot go for a week without going online and one in three giving up friends and sex for the Web. A survey asked 1,011 American adults how long they would feel OK without going on the Web, to which 15 percent said a just a day or less, 21 percent said a couple of days and another 19 percent said a few days. Only a fifth of those who took part in an online survey conducted by advertising agency JWT between Sept 7 and 11 said they could go for a week.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSKUA00315920070920


Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life