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Percent of Respondents THE UCLA INTERNET REPORT: Surveying the Digital Future 70 IS THE INTERNET CHANGING WHAT USERS DO AT HOME? 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Most users report that they spend about the same amount of time on non-computing activities at home as they did before they had the Internet. Television viewing, however, showed a large decline. 6.4% 88.9% 86.6% Spending Time with Close Friends Face-to-Face 80.1% 13.1% 4.8% 8.7% 4.7% 6.8% 8.3% 7.1% Spending Time with Family Faceto-Face Exercising or Participating in Sports Less Time About the Same More Time 84.6% Expressing Personal Feelings 33.2% 64.0% 2.8% Watching Television Activities not Online 15.6% 79.1% Listening to the Radio 19.4% 75.2% 15.8% 5.3% 5.4% 4.0% 80.3% 80.3% 13.0% 6.6% Reading Sleeping Spending Time with Artistic / Creative Activities
THE UCLA INTERNET REPORT: Surveying the Digital Future 71 ARE INTERNET USERS COMMUNICATING MORE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS? The Internet in 2001 continues to be a catalyst for creating and maintaining friendships and family relationships – but views about its usefulness for this purpose vary widely. Percent of Respondents Almost half of new users (47.5 percent) and more than one-third of very experienced users (34.3 percent) disagree or strongly disagree that since using the Internet, they communicate more with family and friends. Yet 36.3 percent of new users and 45.5 percent of very experienced users agree or strongly agree. For more questions about the role of e-mail in building relationships, see page 56, 57, and 59. DOES THE INTERNET INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONAL CONTACTS? More of the very experienced users say they use the Internet to stay in contact with others. Percent of Respondents 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 42.5% Of new users, 47.5 percent disagree or strongly disagree that the Internet increases the number of people with whom they stay in contact, while 31.9 percent agree or strongly agree. Among very experienced users, much lower numbers disagree or strongly disagree (28.5 percent), while more than half (51.6 percent) agree or strongly agree. 26.1% Strongly Disagree 39.7% 22.3% Strongly Disagree New Users (
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