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Media Mention
DorobekINSIDER, Federal News Radio
Jul 8, 2010
In an interview on Federal News Radio, Aaron Smith talked about the major findings from his recent report, "Mobile Access 2010." (You can listen to the full interview here.)
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More in: Digital Divide, Race and Ethnicity , Mobile
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Presentation
Jul 8, 2010Susannah Fox
Internet penetration, mobile use, the social life of health information -- and how it fits in with the National Library of Medicine's strategy.
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More in: Health, Social Networking, Digital Divide, Race and Ethnicity , Generations, Mobile
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Report
Jul 7, 2010Aaron Smith
Six in ten Americans go online wirelessly using a laptop or cell phone; African-Americans and 18-29 year olds lead the way in the use of cell phone data applications, but older adults are gaining ground.
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Media Mention
Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
Jul 7, 2010
Americans' use of non-voice programs on cell phones has "grown dramatically" over the last year, with even more of us using our phones as cameras and video recorders, as well as for e-mail, Internet and playing games, according to a report from the P...
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More in: Mobile, Gaming
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Media Mention
Gautham Nagesh, The Hill
Jul 7, 2010
Eighty-seven percent of minority respondents own a cell phone as opposed to 80 percent of whites. In total, 64 percent of African-Americans use some form of mobile Internet via their cell phone or laptop, while only 59 percent of all adults do so. Sm...
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More in: Mobile, Digital Divide
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Media Mention
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Jul 7, 2010
African Americans and Hispanics continue to be among the most avid users of the Internet over their cellphones, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.
And low-income groups are among the fastest adopters of th...
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More in: Mobile
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Media Mention
Joshua Brustein, New York Times
Jul 7, 2010
The image of the affluent and white cellphone owner as the prototypical mobile Web user seems to be a mistaken one, according to a report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Center.
The study found t...
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More in: Mobile, Digital Divide
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Presentation
Jun 27, 2010Mary Madden
This presentation highlights new research on teens, young adults and social media use while also identifying a new leading edge group that deserves the same attention: those who own four or more internet-connected devices.
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More in: Libraries, Social Networking, Teens, Cloud Computing, Mobile, Technology User Types, Web 2.0
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Media Mention
Teddy Wayne, New York Times
Jun 20, 2010
Although landline polling remains the default for telephone surveys, as adding cellphone users increases cost and complexity, a new Pew study reveals that landline-only respondents tend to be more politically and socially conservative than respondent...
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Media Mention
Liz Halloran, NPR
Jun 19, 2010
Gone are the good old days (as recently as the 2008 presidential campaign), when reaching Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public at home on a landline could still produce a credible survey.
And failing to consistently reach cell phone-only users, who are dis...
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More in: Mobile