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FOR RELEASE AUGUST 19, 2009

Broadband’s Impact on Citizen Engagement

The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. Susannah Fox discussed the Pew Internet ...

BY Susannah Fox

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Broadband’s Impact on Citizen Engagement

The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. Susannah Fox discussed the Pew Internet ...

The goal of this FCC workshop was to assess, and facilitate a conversation about, the current state of data on broadband adoption and utilization, as well as the associated measurement and other challenges. Susannah Fox discussed the Pew Internet Project’s latest data on broadband adoption and the difference broadband makes to citizen engagement, health care information gathering & participation, and collaboration.

Fox FCC Broadband Aug09 from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project