Article on The UVA CW site on the Valley of the Shadow an 8 year project
of Dr. Edward L. Ayers and his students documents that wrd in Sehandoah
Valley and Franklin County in PA.
URL for study at
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/choosepart.html
To see the NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/circuits
which is probably free only today and then on a pay-per-article basis.
NYTimes also reports the following statistics on web usage:
NYTimes 29 Jun 2000
Report by Media Metrix
Oct 1995 estimated 1.3 million web pages
Jan 2000 estimated l billion plus
Average time spent by Web users at search engine sites each month.
May 1998 45 min
May 1999 78 min
May 2000 124 min
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31.1 million men and 30.2 million women use web
mid-40s is usual age
women over 55 fastest growing group
biggest items- shopping and music
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Web Users
Usa 77.9 Millions
Japan 14.1
Britain 9.6
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