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    Searching for Work in the Digital Era

    The internet is a central resource for Americans looking for work, but a notable minority lack confidence in their digital job-seeking skills.

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    June 10-July 12, 2015 – Gaming, Jobs and Broadband

    This dataset contains questions about video games and gaming; job seeking and the internet; workforce automation; online dating; and home broadband, cable and smartphone use among Americans.

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    The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’

    A new Pew Research Center analysis finds low-income households, especially black and Hispanic ones, make up a disproportionate share of the 5 million with school-age children that lack broadband access.

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    Chapter One: A Portrait of Smartphone Ownership

    As smartphones have grown increasingly common in recent years, these devices have taken on a central role in the information lives of a substantial number of Americans. And yet, those Americans who rely most heavily on their smartphones as a gateway to online services and information are often the ones whose connections to their devices […]

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    U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015

    Nearly two-thirds of Americans now own a smartphone. 19% of Americans rely to some extent on a smartphone for internet access, but the connections to digital resources that they offer are tenuous for many of these users.

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    Digital Differences Across Local Communities

    Digital technology plays a role in the news environments of all three metropolitan areas studied, though not an equal one. A number of factors, including internet access, demographics and the news offerings that are available play a part in the development of digital news habits. Denver: A Digitally Enabled City Two of the most fundamental […]

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    Introduction

    When the Pew Research Center began studying the social impact of the internet in 2000, the act of going online was typically a stationary activity. Users would sit down at a computer, log in to the internet (often using a dial-up connection), look up whatever information or services they were interested in, and then continue […]

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    6 facts about Americans and their smartphones

    Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults own a smartphone, up from 35% in 2011. Our new report analyzes smartphone ownership and owners’ attitudes and behaviors.

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