ABSTRACT
In their study on the use of the Internet cafes in Indonesia, Furuholt, Kristiansen, and Wahid (2008), found several interesting findings. They identified different groups of Internet users according to their main online activities: recreational, communication, instrumental, and business. The percentage of those who used the Internet for instrumental purpose was the largest (65.0%), while online business activities were still very rare (2.3%). Internet cafes were the main access venues for most of them. The study also revealed the average age of the users was 24.2 years old, with 5.9 years Internet experience. Information seeking, e-mailing, and chatting were the most popular online activities. These findings illustrate the situation in 2003, when the data was collected.
