More Americans are surfing for their news than ever before, according to an ABC News poll of 1,023 adults released this month. Nearly half of Americans - approximately 22
million individuals - get news from the Web, up 11 points to 48 percent since mid-1999. More than a third of those who use the Web to get news have been going online more often
since the Sept. 11 attacks. On the east coast - where people are presumably more concerned about potential attacks - 49 percent are using the Web more often. One trend hasn't
changed much since 1999: use of the Internet for news is much more common among those with deep pockets - likely because higher income and higher education mean more widespread
access to the Internet. For more information, see http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/onlinenews_poll011017.html.