Sampling, data collection and tabulation for this poll were done by TNS Intersearch.

Forty-eight percent of adults say they go online for news, up from 37 percent two years ago. And 18 percent go online for news every day, compared to eight percent in 1999. The share who never get news online, meanwhile, has dropped 10 points, to 52 percent.

Among people who do use the Internet for news, 36 percent say they've been doing so more often since Sept. 11. Most, 58 percent, have kept their Internet news usage about the same, while six percent have reduced it.

Groups — Use of the Internet for news is much more common among people with higher incomes and more education — presumably because they're more likely to have Internet access in the first place.

Among people who've been to college, 61 percent use the Internet for news, and 24 percent do so every day. The numbers are similar — 60 and 30 percent, respectively — for people with household incomes over $100,000. By contrast, the Internet is used for news by just 33 percent of people with household incomes under $25,000 a year, and by 30 percent of those who haven't finished high school.

There are also stark differences by age. Among people younger than 45, 60 percent use the Internet for news. Among those 45 and older, this falls to 34 percent.

Who Uses the Internet for News…
	Ever	Every Day
Gender
Men	51%	23%
Women	45%	13%
Age
18-34	62%	23%
35-44	57%	21%
45-64	38%	14%
65 and older	24%	11%
Annual Income
Less than $25,000	33%	7%
$25,000 - 49,999	45%	16%
$50,000 - 99,999	57%	22%
$100,000 and over	60%	30%
Education Level
No High School Diploma	30%	6%
High School Graduate	36%	12%
Some College	61%	24%

Frequency of use since Sept. 11 has grown disproportionately in the East. There, 49 percent of users say they're using the Internet more often for news, compared with 37 percent in the West and 31 percent in the Midwest and South. That may be because higher-level concern about further attacks peaks in the East.

Methodology — This ABCNEWS.com survey was conducted by telephone Oct. 10-14, 2001, among a random national sample of 1,023 adults. The results have a three-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS Intersearch of Horsham, Pa.