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How 19th century institutions are adapting to their cities’ 21st century needs.
In China, the internet cafe has overtaken the workplace as the second most popular place after their own homes for internet users to go online. Most of the increase in internet café use is in rural areas.
This just in: “The Internet appears to be a double-edged sword, assisting in the search for health care information for the poor and elderly while magnifying existing gaps based on other factors.”
When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.
Older adults are less likely than younger adults to go online, but there are exceptions — those who “feel” and “do” younger than their chronological age.
Older adults are still the least likely group to have basic internet access and broadband access at home. However, information specialists can design outreach plans that are targeted at certain groups dominated by people age 50+.
Pew Internet’s typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are — or aren’t — in the "information society."
Half of all American adults are only occasional users of modern information gadgetry, while 8% are avid participants in all that digital life has to offer
Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.
Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.
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