Italian youngsters 'not Web-addicted'

(ANSA) - Rome, May 19 - Italian youngsters rely on the Web mainly for checking email and keeping up social-network contacts but "are not Web-addicted," according to a survey published Thursday.

Less than half (47%) of those polled said they used the Internet only in a "sporadic" way.

Six percent said they regularly used it for study.

Young people in the south of Italy used the Web less than their northern counterparts, the survey showed.