Geeks are no longer freaks

FAR from being friendless nerds, Internet users lead more sociable lives than
non-surfers. A survey of 2500 randomly selected Britons revealed that people who
go online tend to be better paid and better educated than those who don’t. They
are also more likely be regular churchgoers and to belong to a community group
or voluntary organisation. There is a huge divide between those who surf and
those who don’t, says Andrew Oswald at Warwick University, who carried out the
study. Contrary to popular opinion, surfers don’t spend their days slouched over
a computer, he says. “They simply watch less television.”…