Jamie Seetho doesn't turn on the television when she gets home from work. She turns on her computer and gets on the Internet.Major competition for television.
"When I do get bored, I don't turn on the TV," the 24-year-old from San Francisco said. "I go onto Friendster, or read the news or see who's online to chat."
More than ever, she and others are getting on the Internet to hang out or just blow off some time, a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project said Wednesday. Some 40 million Americans said they go online just for fun, up from 25 million the year before, the first big jump in about five years since the Washington group began studying the phenomenon.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Web surfers just want to have fun
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
