THIS WEEK

* Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Jay Leno, host of “The Tonight Show,” talks about the show and his forthcoming book. America Online. Keyword: Centerstage

* Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.: Vinton Cerf, regarded as the “father of the Internet,” discusses the impact of the communications revolution on daily life. Internet. https://father ofnet.nationalgeographic.com

* Wednesday, 6 p.m.: Tune in for live coverage of the vice presidential debate between Democrat Al Gore and Republican Jack Kemp. Internet. https://www.timecast.com

* Thursday, 7 p.m.: Ray Manzarek of the legendary rock group the Doors will chat about his new spoken-word history release, “The Doors, Myth & Reality.” Visit https://www.thedoors.com

ON THE NET

* According to the American Internet User Survey (https://etrg.findsvp.com/features /newinet.html), 8.4 million adults and 1.1 million children under the age of 18 tap into the Internet--almost as many as have subscriptions to commercial online services. Communication is the most popular use for the global computer network, followed by information gathering.

* The Recontact study, released last spring by Nielsen Media Research and the industry association known as CommerceNet, shows that as the Internet population grows, it more closely resembles America at large. The average Netizen is now more likely to be older, female, not a computer professional and going online for commercial--not academic--reasons. Visithttps://www.nielsen media.com/commercenet /exec.html

* InfoPages, an online guide to Web sites in Orange County and Southern California, surveyed visitors to its site and tabulated the demographics of local Internet users. See the results at https://new.infopages.com /survey/release.htm

* The latest edition of the Graphic, Visualization and Usability Center’s widely respected World Wide Web User Survey (https://www .cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user surveys /survey-04-1996) studied political views in cyberspace and found that the largest category of Web users (30.1%) classify themselves as “moderate.”

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