{"id":15656,"date":"2013-08-01T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T05:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/internet-phone-calling-is-on-the-rise\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:05:04","slug":"internet-phone-calling-is-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/08\/01\/internet-phone-calling-is-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet phone calling is on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its early surveys about technology use in 2000, when about half of American adults used the internet, the Pew Research Center\u2019s Internet Project found that about a tenth of those internet users placed phone calls using the internet. In its last reading in late 2012, when over 80% of Americans were internet users, the Project found that 30% of them had placed online phone calls.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Commentary\/2012\/February\/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249163\" alt=\"DN_Skype_Two\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/DN_Skype_Two.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with many online activities, the young and the upscale were more likely than other internet users to have made online phone calls. The Project survey conducted between November 14-December 9, 2012 found that 42% of those with college or graduate degrees have placed online phone calls; 37% of those living in households earning $75,000 or more had done so; and 40% of those ages 18-29 had done so.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of many ways that the digital age is changing what it means to make a phone call and the ways in which people make calls. 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