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    Section 5: Technology and Organizational Function

    While this survey was designed to collect information about arts organizations’ public-facing participation in technology and social media, it also gathered some benchmark data about how they are infusing technology into their staffing, training, and workflow, and how they are normalizing its use through new guidelines and organizational procedures. Staffing and hiring Eighty-eight percent of […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted November 8-11, 2012 among a national sample of 1,000 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (600 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 400 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 191 who had no landline […]

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    References

    Bozick, Robert, and Erich Lauff. 2007. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences. “Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A First Look at the Initial Postsecondary Experiences of the High School Sophomore Class of 2002.” Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, October. Bricker, Jesse, Arthur B. Kennickell, Kevin B. Moore, and John Sabelhaus. […]

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    Part IV: Cell Phone Attachment and Etiquette

    Many cell owners sleep next to their phones so as not to miss calls, messages, or updates during the night. They also check their phones for messages even when not prompted by their phone to do so. Some 44% of cell owners have slept with their phone next to their bed because they wanted to […]

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    Pessimism About Fiscal Cliff Deal, Republicans Still Get More Blame

    Overview With Washington making little apparent progress in efforts to avoid going over the “fiscal cliff,” public opinion about the situation has changed little over the past three weeks. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post, conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 2 among 1,003 adults, […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted November 1-4, 2012 among a national sample of 1,011 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (606 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 405 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 212 who had no landline […]

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    A Record One-in-Five Households Now Owe Student Loan Debt

    About one out of five (19%) of the nation’s households owed student debt in 2010, more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007. A record 40% of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owed student debt in 2010.

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    Part II: Teachers’ Own Use of the Internet and Mobile Tools

    The AP and NWP teachers taking part in this survey are notably more connected to technology than the general adult population.  More than half describe themselves as very confident when it comes to learning how to use new technologies, and this confidence is reflected in the gadgets they own.  These teachers are twice as likely […]