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    Cell Phones in Africa: Communication Lifeline

    In a few short years, the proliferation of mobile phone networks has transformed communications in sub-Saharan Africa. It has also allowed Africans to skip the landline stage of development and jump right to the digital age.

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    Connecting with Government or Government Data

    Two-thirds of Americans use the internet to connect with government Using the internet to interact with the government is hardly foreign to the American public. When the Pew Research Center took an early look at e-government applications in a 2003 survey, some 44% of Americans had used the internet to contact the government (for some […]

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    Introduction

    When the Pew Research Center began studying the social impact of the internet in 2000, the act of going online was typically a stationary activity. Users would sit down at a computer, log in to the internet (often using a dial-up connection), look up whatever information or services they were interested in, and then continue […]

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    Chapter Three: A “Week in the Life” Analysis of Smartphone Users

    Pew Research Center technology surveys (such as those that form the basis of Chapters 1 and 2 of this report) typically ask respondents whether they use various devices or online platforms, the ways in which they incorporate those tools and platforms into their lives, and the impact of those technologies on their attitudes and experiences. […]

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    Appendix C: About American Trends Panel Experience Sampling Study

    The American Trends Panel (ATP) is a national, probability-based panel of US adults fielded for the Pew Research Center by Abt SRBI. A special Diary Study was fielded November 10 through 16, 2014, with smartphone users identified in the panel. This study consisted of 14 short surveys administered twice a day for seven consecutive days. […]

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    U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015

    Nearly two-thirds of Americans now own a smartphone. 19% of Americans rely to some extent on a smartphone for internet access, but the connections to digital resources that they offer are tenuous for many of these users.

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    Chapter One: A Portrait of Smartphone Ownership

    As smartphones have grown increasingly common in recent years, these devices have taken on a central role in the information lives of a substantial number of Americans. And yet, those Americans who rely most heavily on their smartphones as a gateway to online services and information are often the ones whose connections to their devices […]

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    Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

    Smartphones are fueling a shift in the communication landscape for teens. Nearly three-quarters of teens now use smartphones and 92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly.”

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    App vs. Web for Surveys of Smartphone Users

    Pew Research Center methodologists examine the efficacy of intensive data collection with a probability-based panel and the differences in participation and responses when using a smartphone app as opposed to a web browser for a study of smartphone use.