To summarize, it appears that those who were more mobile, economically secure, satisfied with life, comfortable with approaching others in an interpersonal context, and who felt valued in their interpersonal encounters preferred the more instrumental Internet uses, such as information seeking. Those who were less satisfied and who felt less valued in their face-to-face communication used the Internet as a functional alternative to interpersonal communication, or to fill time. Further insight was provided by the regression results. Internet motives appeared to be significant predictors of most outcomes. The hierarchical regression analysis identified one negative predictor of the length of Internet use, convenience motivation.This is not surprising, if we consider that the Internet was not always as easy, fast, or cheap as it is today. Understandably, the early users of the Internet were not intrigued by its convenience; perhaps, other Internet attributes appealed to them. Interpersonal utility motivation was the only positive predictor of total Internet use. Therefore, those who used the Internet to fulfill needs of affection, inclusion, expression, social interaction, control, and surveillance, tended to use the Internet the most. Information seeking and entertainment motivation predicted total e-mail use. This suggests that those who used e-mail, did so mainly for amusement or enjoyment. Interaction that can often be entertaining takes place through e-mail, too, which could explain why entertainment emerged as a predictor. College students oftenexchange jokes or stories, or simply chat via e-mail. Convenience motivation was the only significant negative predictor of newsgroup used newsgroups, listservers, or bulletin boards did not do so for reasons of convenience, which referred to easy and cheap access to information or others. It did not mean that the participants also had convenient access to a computer. For respondents without computers, and with limited access to the university computer facilities, newsgroups would not be easy ways of contacting others or obtaining information.