Record shares of Americans now own smartphones, have home broadband
Here are four key trends illustrating the current technology landscape in America.
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Digital Divides – Feeding America
Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology research at the Pew Research Center, discussed the Center’s latest findings on digital divides based a survey conducted from Sept. 29 to Nov. 6, 2016. The presentation was to the board of Feeding America. Rainie looked at differences tied to internet access, home broadband ownership, and smartphone ownership by several demographic measures, including household income, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, age, and community type. He also discussed the Center’s research related to “digital readiness gaps” among technology users.
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Smartphones help those without broadband get online, but don’t necessarily bridge the digital divide
Many Americans rely on cell phone internet access due to a lack of broadband at home. But are these devices a good substitute?
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Information Overload
Most Americans like their choices in today’s information-saturated world. But 20% feel overloaded, and there are stresses for those with fewer pathways to the internet or who feel they are expected to do too much information gathering.
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3. The ‘gadget poor’ feel the stresses of information more than the ‘gadget rich’
Those who have more pathways to access digital information express fewer concerns about information overload. The survey measured three key technological “access pathways” to information: 70% of U.S. adults have home broadband subscriptions. 72% have smartphones. 48% have tablet computers. Overall, 39% of adults have all three access pathways; 28% have two of the three; […]
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2. Broadband subscriptions among Latinos little changed since 2010
Overall, 59% of Hispanic adults report that they currently subscribe to internet service of any kind at home, but the demographic divides in home internet subscription rates among Hispanics are wide. For example, among Hispanic adults with less than a high school education, just one-third say they have a home internet subscription. Meanwhile, 80% of […]
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Digital Divide Narrows for Latinos as More Spanish Speakers and Immigrants Go Online
The long-standing divide in internet use between U.S. Hispanics and whites is now at its narrowest point since 2009, as immigrant and Spanish-dominant Latinos make big strides in going online.
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3. Hispanics and mobile access to the internet
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have made accessing the internet easier in recent years – although those who rely heavily on these devices for online access can face challenges accessing certain online services and information. And among Hispanic internet users, the new survey shows a greater share today use these mobile devices to […]
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Appendix A: References
Blumberg, Stephen J. and Julian V. Luke. 2016. “Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2015.” Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201605.pdf Fox, Susannah and Gretchen Livingston. 2007. “Latinos Online.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, March. https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2007/03/14/latinos-online/ Horrigan, John B. and Maeve Duggan. 2015. “Home Broadband 2015.” […]
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data essay
How America Changed During Barack Obama’s Presidency
Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.