The vast majority of online Americans hold a high opinion of the Internet as a place to
conduct the everyday tasks and pursue the everyday pleasures of life, such as checking
the weather, doing their banking, communicating with friends and family, and playing
games. Over the course of the four years in which the Pew Internet Project has been
tracking online activities, a growing number of users have acted on their positive
opinions of the Internet and gone online to do these things.