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Presentation
Oct 27, 2010Lee Rainie
Lee’s speech covers trends in broadband adoption and Project findings about why people do not use broadband. He also explores how those promoting broadband can provide important information about the impact of broadband connections on users.
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More in: Broadband
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Commentary
Feb 23, 2010Susannah Fox
An FCC survey finds that 78% of adults are internet users and 65% of adults have home broadband connections.
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More in: Broadband
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Media Mention
Jan 29, 2010Associated Press
How many gadgets do we own, anyway? The average teen has 3.5, according to figures compiled in September by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and provided to The Associated Press. Adults between 18 and 29 averaged nearly f...
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Media Mention
Dec 17, 2009NPR's Morning Edition
Some recent numbers released by the Census Bureau show that Americans sent more than twice as many texts in December 2008 than they did in December 2007. Amanda Lenhart, a senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center's Internet and Americ...
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More in: Mobile
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Media Mention
Oct 22, 2009New York Times
For many people, cellphones have become indispensable appendages that make calls, deliver e-mail messages, locate restaurants and identify the song on the radio. After 20 years, 85 percent of adult Americans have cellphones, according to the Pew I...
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More in: Technology User Types, Mobile
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Media Mention
Oct 19, 2009New York Times
ACCESS to a fast Internet connection has become more than a convenience. It’s being enshrined in some countries as a legal right of all citizens. Finland, for example, announced last week that it was moving up its timetable to next year from 2015 ...
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More in: Digital Divide, Broadband
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Media Mention
Oct 15, 2009Washington Post
Tomek Kott is so stubborn about not joining his friends -- in truth, nearly his entire generation -- on any social networking site that his wife launched a mini-crusade against him. Exploiting a tactic surely befitting our times, she whipped up a ...
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More in: Teens, Social Networking
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Presentation
Oct 7, 2009Lee Rainie
In this talk to medical librarians, Lee Rainie covered how e-patients and their caregivers have become a force in the medical world. In addition, he looked at the many ways that e-patients are using the internet to research and respond to their he...
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More in: Health, Web 2.0, Technology User Types
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Media Mention
Oct 2, 2009MSNBC.com
After working for the city of Zanesville, Ohio, for 27 years, Sharon Newton had to go back to school.
Newton lost her job this year, and when she went to look for a new one she discovered that, even with all of her experience, she wasn’...
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More in: Work, Digital Divide
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Presentation
Oct 2, 2009Mary Madden
As the internet population has matured over time, binary distinctions between those who are online and offline have given way to a more robust understanding of the assets, actions and attitudes that affect user experience.
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More in: Libraries, Technology User Types, Mobile, Web 2.0