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Austin Free Net. (2002) “Who Uses Community Technology Centers? A Survey of Public Access Computer Users,” Austin, TX, February 2002. Available at http://www.austinfree.net/about/AFNClientSurvey.pdf as of 8/14/02. BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency). (2001) “The Digital Divide, A Discussion Paper” prepared for the British Department for Education and Employment, for a conference in February 2002. […]

The number of health seekers continues to increase. The Pew Internet & American Life Project first began tracking Internet behavior relating to health in March 2000. At that time, 54% of all U.S. Internet users, or about 50 million American adults, said “yes” when we asked if they looked for health or medical information online. […]

Introduction The “digital divide” has been a concern of policy makers since the middle of the 1990s when the Internet emerged as a major communications medium and information utility. Anxiety about the divide centers on arguments that those who do not have access to the Internet are disadvantaged compared to Internet users for a number […]

Background on current legislative issues impacting technology programs There are two federally funded programs designed to lessen the gap between those who have Internet access and those who do not.  The Technology Opportunities Program was initiated to enable widespread access to digital network technologies in the public and non-profit sectors.[12.numoffset=”12″ See http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top/whoweare/briefhistory.htm] At the local […]

Thanks to everyone on staff who worked on, assisted with, advised and helped get this project done. Thanks to: Mary Madden, John Horrigan, Erin O’Grady, Angie Boyce, Katherine Allen for their assistance with research, analysis and writing of the report, as well as with the organization and execution of the focus groups. Thanks too, to […]

Additional factors In our survey we tried to explore several other aspects of people’s lives that might be related to whether they go online or not. The results indicate there are several other factors that influence or relate to going online or staying offline.[8.numoffset=”8″ For more details on the analysis in this part of the […]

Introduction: The four types of users and non-users There is no monochromatic pattern to Internet use. People have a variety of relationships to the technology. Clearly, there are an identifiable number who use the Internet now. At the same time, there are those who have tried using the Internet and dropped off. Others who say […]

At a reporter’s request, we took a special look at those ages 38-56 and compared them to those ages 18-29 and those 65 and older.

The features on municipal Web sites Municipal officials indicate that incorporation of the Internet into civic affairs is widespread.  Eighty percent reported that their city had a Web site.  Seventy-one percent said their cities provide their staffs with both Internet and email access, and another 21% provide access to either the Internet or email. The […]