Generations Online
Washington — The Pew Internet & American Life Project released new analysis today of how different age groups use the internet. The data can be found here.
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Younger internet users are more likely than older ones to IM, play online games, and create blogs
Teens and Generation Y (age 18-28) are significantly more likely than older users to send and receive instant messages, play online games, create blogs, download music, and search for school information.
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Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life
Washington – A wide-ranging look at the way American women and men use the internet shows that men continue to pursue many internet activities more intensively than women, and that men are still first out of the blocks in trying the latest technologies. At the same time, there are trends showing that women are catching […]
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17% of internet users – about 25 million people — have sold something online
WASHINGTON – Millions of internet users are forsaking yard sales and the local dump for the prospect of selling their hand-me-downs and unwanted gear online. About 1 in 6 internet-using adults have sold something online. The move to online transactions not only has been a boon to people trying to clear out their attics, but […]