Mobile Access to Data and Information
62% of all Americans are part of a wireless, mobile population that participates in digital activities away from home or work.
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What Teens Tell Us Encourages Them to Write
Introduction Prevailing wisdom holds that the US is facing an educational crisis marked by low levels of writing skill. One primary concern is that teens are not learning the writing content and process skills needed to succeed in continuing education and the workplace. Research suggests a number of areas for improvement. Recent studies have found […]
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Religious Literacy: What Every American Should Know
Pew Forum Faith Angle Conference Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2007 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Stephen Prothero, chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University, discussed the issue of religious illiteracy in the […]
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Lackluster Veterans
For Lackluster Veterans, modern ICTs are just OK. Although they are content with gadgets’ communicative aspects, few like their intrusiveness and not many see ICTs adding to their personal productivity. This group’s typical member has been online for a long time – roughly ten years – and has folded the use of the internet into […]
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Connectors
Connectors surround themselves with technology and use it to connect with people and digital content. They get a lot out of their mobile devices and participate actively in online life. This group got online just a bit later relative to Omnivores, but they have quickly marched up the adoption curve in terms of acquiring information […]
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Connected but Hassled
Connected but Hassled: Many in this group have invested in a lot of technology, but the connectivity is a hassle for them. This group of older technology users in many ways represents the average when it comes to consumption of information goods and services. However, when focusing on use of information technology and attitudes about […]