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Mar 25, 2009John Horrigan
Wireless connectivity has drawn many users more deeply into digital life.
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Technology users can be sorted based on their assets, actions, and attitudes toward how tech gadgets fit into their lives. Take our quiz to see where you fit in our typology.
Diego Vasquez , Media Life Magazine
Apr 7, 2009
They’re young, they’re heavily connected, and they’re not at all pleased about it. They’re called the ambivalent networkers, and they represent a surprising but apparently very real backlash against our increasingly wired lives, according to a new re...
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Mar 31, 2009
This table summarizes how the groups use ICTs and group members’ attitudes about them.
Fard Johnmar, Envisioning
Mar 30, 2009
A conversation with the Pew Internet & American Life Project's Susannah Fox
What's the number one myth people still hold about how Americans use the internet?
Many people assume that because everyone they know is online, all populations are onl...
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Mar 30, 2009Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie discussed Pew Internet's latest tech-user findings and why they suggest that libraries can play a role in people’s social networks in the future.
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Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press
Mar 25, 2009
In the study, Pew examined American adults' gadgets and services, their activities and their attitudes toward technology. About 60 percent of the overall respondents didn't have significant attachments to mobile devices, either because they didn't ha...
Nov 21, 2008Sydney Jones
While in a recent report we discussed the malaise of some users when their technology fails, we have found in previous reports that negative feelings are not isolated to broken gadgets - some users are reluctant to engage even with healthy technology...
Eddie Schmid , Chicago Sun-Times
Nov 17, 2008
"Despite the dizzying array of new tech gadgets on the market, many break down frequently and are still maddeningly difficult to use, a new survey suggests.Nearly half of technology users need help from friends or professionals to set up a new electr...
Andrew Vanacore, The Associated Press
"Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any time or watch movies on our commute. But can anyone fix this stuff when it breaks?That's a question raised by the Pew Inte...
Nov 16, 2008John Horrigan, Sydney Jones
Half (48%) of tech users need help from others in getting new devices and services to work, and many experience tech outages when there is a glitch with their home internet connection, computer, or cell phone. Coping with these failures is a hassle f...
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