Internet's addictive properties

• Independent
  similar to other surveys of how people in general use Internet
  • 55% email and Web
  • 24% information gathering (library searches or software download)
• Dependent
  most of time in the synchronuous communication enviroment
  • 35% chat rooms
  • 28% MUDs

pg. 181,182

Is this newbie disease?

• 83% of dependents are online for a year or less
• 29% of non-dependent are online for less than a year

pg. 186