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    Mobile Health 2010

    The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults.

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    The Rise of Apps Culture

    35% of U.S. adults have apps on their phone, but only 24% actually use them; 11% of cell users do not know if they have apps or not

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    National Latino Leader? The Job is Open

    When asked in an open-ended question on a nationwide survey of Latinos to name the person they consider “the most important Latino leader in the country today,” nearly two-thirds (64%) of Hispanics said they did not know.

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    Henry Louis Gates: Top Black Media Story

    Nearly one-fifth of all coverage studied during the year relating to African Americans had to do with the arrest of and controversy surrounding Henry Louis Gates.

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    Media, Race and Obama’s First Year

    The fallout from the firing of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod and the one-year anniversary of the controversial arrest of African American Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., have put race back in the news. How much coverage do African Americans receive? What role did race play in coverage of the Obama Administration? A new study examining media coverage of African Americans in the first year of the Obama presidency offers answers.

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    Home Broadband 2010

    After several years of double digit growth, broadband adoption has slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average.

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    Online Product Research

    58% of Americans have researched a product or service online; 24% have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.

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    Home Broadband 2010

    Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average; 53% of Americans do not think affordable broadband should be a government priority.

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    Attention Shoppers: Online Product Research

    Nearly six-in-ten adults have done research online about the products and services they buy, and about a quarter have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.