Mass media use and social life among Internet users
Social Science Computer Review - Special issue on survey and statistical computing in the new millennium
The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth?
The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth?
Information and Communication: Alternative Uses of the Internet in Households
Information Systems Research
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Society Online: The Internet in Context
Society Online: The Internet in Context
Gender, educational, and occupational digital gaps 1983-2002
Social Science Computer Review - Special issue: Sociology and computing
Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology (Human Technology Interaction)
Context in information behavior research
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
National study of information seeking behavior of academic researchers in the United States
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
A study of factors that affect the information-seeking behavior of academic scientists
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Confessional methods and everyday life information seeking
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
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By 2000, the Internet became an information and communication medium that was integrated in our everyday lives. Following an interdisciplinary approach, the research reported in this article analyzes the wide variety of information that people seek on the Internet and investigates trends in Internet information activities between 2000 and 2004, using repeated cross-sectional data from the Pew Internet and American Life surveys to examine Internet activities that contribute to everyday life and their predictors. The objective is to deepen our understanding of Internet activities and everyday life and contribute to a growing body of research that utilizes large-scale empirical data on Internet use and everyday life. We ask: who is embedding the Internet into their everyday lives and what are the activities they pursue to facilitate everyday life? Findings demonstrate the differential returns for Internet use, particularly in key demographic categories. The study also contributes to emerging research on the digital divide, namely emphasis on the study of use rather than access to technology. Identifying trends in key Internet use dimensions enables policymakers to target populations who underutilize the potential of networked technologies. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.