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Americans are widely dissatisfied not only with government but with most major institutions. One notable exception: the technology industry.
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Americans are widely dissatisfied not only with government but with most major institutions. One notable exception: the technology industry.
At a conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Pew Research Center analysts and outside experts discussed research findings about the Millennial generation, the American teens and twenty-somethings now making the passage into adulthood. In this second of three sessions experts on media and technology examine how Millennials are seeking, sharing and creating information.
An FCC survey finds that 78% of adults are internet users and 65% of adults have home broadband connections.
Experts and stakeholders discuss predictions about the future of the internet. Update: Correction.
93% of teens ages 12-17 go online, as do 93% of young adults ages 18-29. One quarter (74%) of all adults ages 18 and older go online.
Social media and mobile internet use among teens and young adults.
38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).
Opinions of older adults tend to differ more from the other age groups than the views of those of the youngest generation when it comes to embracing technological advances and societal change. Two issues, the acceptance of homosexuality and tattoos, create especially large generational gaps.
As of December 2009, 74% of American adults (ages 18 and older) use the internet.
From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%, compared with a four percentage point rise among whites and a two percentage point rise among blacks.
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