The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people"s everyday lives. * Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet. * Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world. * Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area. * Studies are based on empirical data. * Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or fears about the future effects of the Internet.