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reportSep 26, 2012

How People Get Local News and Information in Different Communities

Depending on the local news topic, urban residents are more likely to use mobile and online sources, while suburbanites are most heavily into social media and rural residents are more inclined to word of mouth sources. A joint PEJ-Pew Internet report offers more about how people get local news in specific communities.
reportJun 17, 2009

Home broadband adoption increases sharply in 2009 with big jumps among seniors, low-income households, and rural residents even though prices have risen since last year.

Most broadband users see home high-speed connections as very important in community and civic life.
reportSep 10, 2008

Rural Internet Access (in China)

James Fallows writes in the current Atlantic Monthly about the power of blogging… in rural China.
reportAug 28, 2007

Internet Cafes in Rural China

In China, the internet cafe has overtaken the workplace as the second most popular place after their own homes for internet users to go online. Most of the increase in internet café use is in rural areas.
reportFeb 26, 2006

Home Broadband Adoption in Rural America

In December 2005 24% of adult rural Americans went online at home with high-speed internet connections compared with 39% of adults in urban and suburban areas.
reportFeb 26, 2006

Rural America trails rest of nation in home broadband use, but gap has narrowed in past two years

Rural Americans are less likely to log on to the internet at home with high-speed internet connections than people living in other parts of the country.
presentationOct 27, 2004

Broadband Adoption in Rural America

This slide show presents trends from 2002 to 2004 in adoption of high-speed internet connections at home among Americans living in rural parts of the country.
reportFeb 17, 2004

Rural Areas and the Internet

This report provides a portrait of rural Americaâ€™s Internet users, the activities they pursue online and their attitudes about the Internet compared to online Americans in urban and suburban communities
reportFeb 17, 2004

Rural Americans’ Internet use has grown, but they continue to lag behind others

52% of rural adults go online.

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How People Get Local News and Information in Different Communities

Home broadband adoption increases sharply in 2009 with big jumps among seniors, low-income households, and rural residents even though prices have risen since last year.

Rural Internet Access (in China)

Internet Cafes in Rural China

Home Broadband Adoption in Rural America

Rural America trails rest of nation in home broadband use, but gap has narrowed in past two years

Broadband Adoption in Rural America

Rural Areas and the Internet

Rural Americans’ Internet use has grown, but they continue to lag behind others

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