(Singapore Internet Project- Key Findings of 2001 Student Survey: Attitudes towards Internet) .

             View on the effects of Internet on social interaction was found to be quite encouraging in case of users and non-users. Less than a 20.2% of users and 23.8% non-users believed that Internet drove people to be less sociable. But more than 40% among the users and non-users tended to be unclear with respect to the first item. But nearly half of the heavy users i.e. 43.1% reported impartial regarding the fact of Internet rendering people less sociable. This finding shows that even heavy users had doubts regarding the potential of the Internet to render people increasingly sociable. Apart from that, also a higher proportion among the light users i.e. about 46.1% were cynical regarding the Internet making people sociable. However there was not much difference among the heavy & light users in their approach regarding the Internet turning people less sociable. (Singapore Internet Project- Key Findings of 2001 Student Survey: Attitudes towards Internet) .

             The findings of the SIP Adult Survey 2001 revealed that in case of majority of the users, there has been no change in the amount of contact they have with people who share their hobbies/recreational pursuits. The general trend was similar to the previous years in a way that majority of the Internet users revealed that they perceived technology in no way impacting the amount of contact they kept with the groups of people. Besides, 78.4% & 52.6% among the users stated no variation in the amount of time devoted with friends and colleagues, respectively. As a matter of fact, observing that more than 50% of the Internet users really utilized the email service to maintain contact with their friends with 95% of the Internet emailing them and their colleague's e-mailing them and their professional friends of about 55.6%. It becomes evident that the Internet may in reality enable contacts with various socially vital groups.