FOR RELEASE JUNE 23, 2003

The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A New Look at Internet Access and the Digital Divide

This presentation addressed the findings of the Project's "Ever-Shifting Internet Population" report.

BY Amanda Lenhart

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Pew Research Center, June 2003, "The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A New Look at Internet Access and the Digital Divide"

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The Ever-Shifting Internet Population: A New Look at Internet Access and the Digital Divide

This presentation addressed the findings of the Project's "Ever-Shifting Internet Population" report.

This presentation addressed the findings of the Project’s “Ever-Shifting Internet Population” report. It examined the demographics of Internet use and non-use and barriers–physical, economic, emotional–to Internet access.