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Welcome to the first UCLA Internet Report, “Surveying the Digital Future.” This project – in planning for four years and now the result of more than nine months of field research, data gathering, and analysis – was created to serve as a comprehensive, year-to-year examination of the impact of the Internet. Our goal is to explore how the Internet influences social, political, cultural, and economic behavior and ideas, as measured by the behavior, attitudes, values, and perceptions of both Internet users and non-users. We believe that the UCLA study and its partner projects around the world will create a benchmark of the global effects of the. | THE UCLA INTERNET REPORT Surveying the Digital Future Jeffrey I. Cole . Director UCLA Center for Communication Policy Founder and Organizer World Internet Project Michael Suman . research director Phoebe Schramm associate director Daniel van Bel research analyst Bob Lunn . research analyst Phyllisann Maguire . research analyst Koren Hanson graduate associate Rajesh Singh graduate associate Jedrix-Sean Aquino research assistant Written by Harlan Lebo Design by Robin Weisz Production editing by Monica Dunahee THE UCLA INTERNET REPORT Surveying the Digital Future Additional copies You are welcome to download additional copies of the UCLA Internet Report for research or individual use. To download the full text and graphs in this report go to . Printed copies of this report can be ordered by contacting the Center at the address below. Attribution Excerpted material from this report can be cited in media coverage and institutional publications. Text excerpts should be attributed to either full name The UCLA Internet Report Surveying the Digital Future published by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy or second reference The UCLA Internet Report. Graphs should be attributed in a source line to The UCLA Internet Report Surveying the Digital Future UCLA Center for Communication Policy Reprinting Reprinting of this report in any form other than brief excerpts requires permission from the UCLA Center for Communication Policy at the addresses below. Questions E-mail internet@ UCLA Center for Communication Policy Box 951586 Los Angeles CA 90095-1586 310 825-3711 Contents The UCLA Internet Project Surveying the Digital Future 1 The Internet The Defining Technology of a Generation 3 Executive Summary 6 Internet Access And Use 9 Internet Access 10 The Top Ten Most Popular Internet Activities 10 How Long As Internet Users 10 Online Spending Per Mont h 10 Who Is Using the Internet 11 Education Income And Internet Access .