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Apr 13, 2012Kathryn Zickuhr, Aaron Smith
While increased internet adoption and the rise of mobile connectivity have reduced many gaps in technology access over the past decade, for some groups digital disparities still remain
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Internet access is best understood as a spectrum, ranging from people who have never been online, to those who have dial-up or sporadic access, to those who have broadband at home and at work.
Amy Gahran, CNN
Apr 16, 2012
(CNN) -- Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, accor...
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Damon Poeter, PC Mag
Apr 15, 2012
America's digital divide is narrowing in some respects, mainly due to the rise of mobile computing, but other metrics indicate that it is solidifying along income, age, and educational lines, according to a new report from the Pew Internet Project. ...
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Apr 13, 2012Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie will present findings on digital differences and money at the NYSE CFSI Financial Literacy Week Event
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Apr 13, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Amanda Lenhart spoke about the demographic differences among groups of youth in their adoption, use, and experiences with technology and social media.
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J. Victoria Sanders, The Texas Observer
Mar 13, 2012
Between 2000 and 2010, the Pew Internet Project reports, the proportion of Internet users who were African American or Latino nearly doubled from 11 percent to 21 percent. Though blacks have adopted broadband use at home in significant numbers, Afric...
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Dec 3, 2011Kathryn Zickuhr
Kathryn will discuss Pew Internet's data about the current digital divide(s) via Skype at the University of Kansas's virtual summit, "Telling Stories of Diversity in the Digital Age."
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Oct 18, 2011Susannah Fox
Why do some people look online for health information while others do not?
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, American Medical News
Feb 21, 2011
Patient use of the internet has moved beyond what physicians used to refer to as Dr. Google -- the stacks of information printed from a Google search that patients would bring to the exam room. So much of health care is moving online that many phy...
Feb 1, 2011Susannah Fox
Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.
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Amanda LenhartThe Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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of cell phone owners age 18-29 have recently used their phone to avoid interacting with the people around them
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.