Americans are increasingly going online just for fun and to pass the time, particularly young adults under 30, according to results of the latest poll by Pew Internet.
"On any given day, 53% of all the young adults ages 18-29 go online for no particular
reason except to have fun or to pass the time," the researcher says, adding, "Many of them go online in purposeful ways, as well. But the results of a survey by the Pew Research Center’s
Internet & American Life Project show that young adults’ use of the internet can at times be simply for the diversion it presents. Indeed, 81% of all young adults in this age cohort report
they have used the internet for this reason at least occasionally."