Selected stories written by Pew Internet Project staff for other publications.
Days and Nights on the Internet: The Impact of a Diffusing Technology
Published in American Behavior Scientist
1/1/2002 | 
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For a growing cohort of Americans Internet tools have become a significant conduit of their social life and work life. The surveys of the Pew Internet & American Life Project in year 2000 show that more than 52 million Americans went online each day and there are significant differences in use between men and women, young and old, those of different races and ethnic groups, and those of different socio-economic status.
Full Citation: Philip N. Howard, Lee Rainie and Steve Jones, “Days and Nights on the Internet: The Impact of a Diffusing Technology,” American Behavioral Scientist 45, November 2001, 382-404.[Later published in an edited volume: Philip N. Howard, Lee Rainie and Steve Jones, “Days and Nights on the Internet: The Impact of a Diffusing Technology,” in B. Wellman and C. Haythornthwaite, Eds., The Internet in Everyday Life (London: Blackwell, 2003).]
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