Professors and the internet
There is interesting, new research about college faculty use of the internet and their judgment about its impact on their students.
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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?
Today’s American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.
One out of six American adult internet users (16%) have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam.
This presentation combines national survey data with a special online survey of K-12 school system webmasters in the Washington, DC, region. Topics include: the internet’s impact on parents, students, K-12 education, and local government.
26% of Americans age 65+ go online.
Growth in home broadband use and laptop purchases contributes to surge in use of computer networks among multi-computer households
One in four Americans age 65+ has access to the internet, up from 15% in 2000.
A growing number of “Silver Surfers” switch to fast online connections
Our latest survey finds that more than half of home-internet users have broadband connections, and that there are 80 million e-shoppers, and that 14 million have contributed to charity online.
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