Do young people spend to much time on the net?

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A recent survey in Sweden shows that young people spend more time on internet and social media then to meet friends in real life.
The survey is based on interviews with 2000 children between 9 and 16 years and 2000 parents.

Only two years ago the most common activity was to meet friends IRL, now this activity end up on third place after internet and TV.

Most of these young peple think it is as good to meet on internet as IRL. Older people think the later is better.

One can also notice that girls spend more time chatting, blogging and similar while boys spend more time with games.
Many of the youth spend about 3- 5 hours, or more every evening in front of a computer, or sometimes a TV.

So what is your take on this? Can internet, TV, games, movies ever replace IRL social life and association? Is it healthy to just sit in front of a screen instead of meeting people and do things IRL?