X-Message-Number: 5035
From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: FWD: ONLINE USERS STILL SMALL MINORITY
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 21:37:00 +0100


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ONLINE USERS STILL SMALL MINORITY
A new study by the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press says,
"Consumers are still feeling their way through cyberspace."  Of 3,063 adults
surveyed, only 14% were online users, with about half subscribing to one or
more of the three major commercial services.  Fifty-three percent of online
users send or receive e-mail at least one day a week, but only 7% play
games.  Sixty percent knew about the World Wide Web, but only 21% had ever
logged on.  The survey used a series of litmus-test questions to determine
that online users tend to be more liberal and/or more tolerant than the
general population.  While 52% of all respondents favored restrictions on
online pornography, only 42% of online users agreed, and among those with
direct Internet access, only 27% agreed.  (Broadcasting & Cable 16 Oct 95 p55)


David S. Stodolsky      Euromath Center     University of Copenhagen
   Tel.: +45 38 33 03 30   Fax: +45 38 33 88 80 (C)


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