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About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.
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About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.
A November 2004 survey of parents and adolescents conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that 13% of teens do not use the internet. This presentation explores the constraints on use and the non-use of the internet by American …
Internet users ages 12 to 28 years old have embraced the online applications that enable communicative, creative, and social uses. Internet users ages 29 to 69 years old are more likely to engage in online activities that require some capital.
A review of data from the U.S., UK, and Australia finds that the internet has the potential to bring isolated seniors into closer contact with the wired world.
Men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women. At the same time, trend data show that women are catching up in overall use and are framing their online experience with a greater emphasis on deepening connections with peo…
There are clear differences among those with broadband connections, dial-up connections, and no connections at all to the internet.
This presentation shows recent trends in home broadband adoption and shows why the growth rates of the recent past are not likely to continue. The pool of remaining dial-up users are older, lower income, and less engaged with the internet than dia…
The growth in home high-speed internet adoption, after growing quickly in the past several years, has slowed down and is poised to slow even further.
There is interesting, new research about college faculty use of the internet and their judgment about its impact on their students.
Even with an overwhelming majority of teens online, there are about three million youth between ages 12 and 17 who do not use the internet. What about the 13% of teens who aren’t online?
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