Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword : The virtual community in the real world / Howard Rheingold -- Series editor's preface : The Internet and the network society / Manuel Castells -- The Internet in everyday life : an introduction / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman -- Days and nights on the Internet / Philip E.N. Howard, Lee Rainie, and Steve Jones -- The global villagers : comparing Internet users and uses around the world / Wenhong Chen, Jeffrey Boase, and Barry Wellman -- Syntopia : access, civic involvement, and social interaction on the Net / James E. Katz and Ronald E. Rice -- Digital living : the impact (or otherwise) of the Internet on everyday British life / Ben Anderson and Karina Tracey -- The changing digital divide in Germany / Gert G. Wagner, Rainer Pischner, and John P. Haisken-DeNew -- Doing social science research online / Alan Neustadtl, John P. Robinson, and Meyer Kestnbaum -- Internet use, interpersonal relations, and sociability : a time diary study / Norman H. Nie, D. Sunshine Hillygus, and Lutz Erbring -- The Internet and other uses of time / John P. Robinson ... [et al.] -- Everyday communication patterns of heavy and light email users / Janell I. Copher, Alaina G. Kanfer, and Mary Bea Walker -- Capitalizing on the Net : social contact, civic engagement, and sense of community / Anabel Quan-Haase ... [et al.] -- The impact of community computer networks on social capital and community involvement in Blacksburg / Andrea L. Kavanaugh and Scott J. Patterson -- The not so global village of Netville / Keith N. Hampton and Barry Wellman -- Email, gender, and personal relationships / Bonka Boneva and Robert Kraut -- Belonging in geographic, ethnic, and Internet spaces / Sorin Matei and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach -- Bringing the Internet home : adult distance learners and their Internet, home, and work worlds / Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer -- Where home is the office : the new form of flexible work / Janet W. Salaff -- Kerala connections : will the Internet affect science in developing areas? / Theresa Davidson, R. Sooryamoorthy, and Wesley Shrum -- Social support for Japanese mothers online and offline / Kakuko Miyata -- Experience and trust in online shopping / Robert J. Lunn and Michael W. Suman.

All Ages.