Digitivity Denizens - lay down or avoid?

It would appear that the time people spend online is not just being transferred from consuming other media - it looks like we are also passing on our social and sexual intercourse time....according to a survey of US adults by JWT. From Yahoo News (from Reuters):

More than a quarter of respondents -- or 28 percent -- admitted spending less time socializing face-to-face with peers because of the amount of time they spend online.

It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online.

Cell phones won out over television in a question asking which device people couldn't go without but the Internet trumped all, regarded as the most necessary.

"It is taking away from offline activities, among them having sex, socializing face-to-face, watching TV and reading newspapers and magazines. It cuts into that share," said Mack.

"I don't suppose their partners are too pleased about it."

I'd better just IM my partner to find out.....

Anyway, the report goes on to define those of us who (shock horror) use internet technology even on the move as "Digitivity Denizens", and we see our mobiles as an "extension of ourselves....."

hmmmm....let the double entendres begin