John B. Horrigan

This report looks at how new Internet users behave online at two points along the Internet’s diffusion curve, one in November 1998 and the other in March 2000.

The "Love Bug" virus, which interrupted online life in many places around the world in the first week of May 2000, afflicted a surprisingly small number of American Internet users.

Women surge online and are even more enthusiastic than men about the way email improves their connections and increases their communication with key family members and friends