Participation Matters
Pew Internet research shows that, in politics and in health care, participation matters as much as access.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Pew Internet research shows that, in politics and in health care, participation matters as much as access.
Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.
As of December 2008, 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.
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83% of online Americans say they have used the internet to seek information about their hobbies and 29% do so on a typical day.
Just half of adults with chronic conditions use the internet; but once online, they are avid consumers of health information.
Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream internet activity, growing along with internet use generally, though not accelerating as have some other forms of online activities.
Fully 87% of teens go online, compared to just 32% of Americans age 65+. This leads, of course, to a wide gap when it comes to computer skills; there is less of a gap when it comes to the some of the activities each group pursues online.
Older internet users may be easy targets for viruses, spyware and the like. Younger internet users take more chances online, but they also take more precautions.
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