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American Morning

How America Surfs the Web

Aired July 10, 2001 - 09:25   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And now with more news, here's Brian.

BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Daryn.

There are some surprises this morning in a major new survey about how people are using the Internet.

And CNN's science correspondent Ann Kellan is joining us now with news on the number of people logging on and how they actually use the World Wide Web -- Ann.

ANN KELLAN, CNN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT: Brian, according to the survey, 63 percent of the people have been using -- have used the Internet at least once. And when they asked what's the best thing about the Internet, what they said -- 61 percent said information. So when they were asked -- and it was funny that 70 percent said they don't necessarily trust the information that they read online. They're a little skeptical about that. But when we ask them when -- what do they think about when they think of the Internet? Forty-five percent said it's a library and I think that's a little surprising. Fifteen percent said a highway, 14 percent said a shopping mall and 8 percent said the Wild West, which was fun. But you know it was interesting I think there.

NELSON: I thought -- well, what about e-commerce? I mean I thought e-commerce was the way the future of the Internet was going?

KELLAN: Well, it's interesting that survey doesn't really address how people use the Internet for shopping online. It really doesn't go into if you use it. They said the best thing...

NELSON: Right.

KELLAN: ... was information. So I think the perception and the interesting thing that they think about it as a library versus a shopping mall was interesting and maybe it's because there are some worries and concerns about the Internet, including privacy problems. Scams and frauds were mentioned and children's access to certain material like pornography and violence. So maybe that is keeping people from, you know, putting that credit card online.

NELSON: All right, thanks, Ann.

Stay there -- stay right there. KELLAN: Yes.

NELSON: If you'd like to give your views on this subject and this study, you can go to our Web site at CNN.com and put your views in there for airing later today.

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