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Aug 11, 2010Aaron Smith
Broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010, but growth among African-Americans jumped well above the national average; 53% of Americans do not think affordable broadband should be a government priority.
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High-speed access to the internet at home has risen steadily in recent years, and the "always on" connection typically increases the frequency with which people use the internet.
Oct 27, 2011Lee Rainie
Pew Internet Director Lee Rainie is giving the keynote address at the 16th annual Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference. The theme of the conference is "Oregon Broadband: The Power of Adoption."
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Sep 15, 2011Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie spoke about how the technology revolution has changed the way people interact and create communities.
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Jun 13, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie will speak to advertising executives and researchers and explore how people use digital technology and how that makes audience measure more complicated than in the past. The good news is that the coming exaflood of data will give everyone ...
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Jun 9, 2011Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie explores the role of social networks – the technological kind as well as the real-world kind – in shaping the way people gather community information and make sense of it.
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Feb 17, 2011
The Commerce Department on Thursday said five to 10 percent of Americans lack access to Internet connections fast enough to download basic Web pages and videos. The finding comes from data used in a searchable map made public on Thursday and is th...
Nov 15, 2010Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie gave a keynote address at the “Opportunity Online” meeting of the Colorado Public Computer Centers Launch. He discussed the state of broadband adoption, particularly in rural areas, and how it parallels other online revolutions in mobile c...
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John D. Sutter, CNN
Nov 8, 2010
Language is also a barrier for Spanish-speaking people, said Aaron Smith, a senior research specialist with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonpartisan research group. But overall, Smith said, racial digital divides appear to be narrow...
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Nov 2, 2010Lee Rainie
In this speech, Director Lee Rainie will explore how digital technologies have changed people's relationship to each other and to information. Further, he will discuss the coming decade of change in technology and its possible uses by consumers and s...
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Oct 27, 2010Lee Rainie
Lee’s speech covers trends in broadband adoption and Project findings about why people do not use broadband. He also explores how those promoting broadband can provide important information about the impact of broadband connections on users.
Aug 12, 2010Aaron Smith
Why doesn't Pew Internet report findings for Asians, Pacific Islanders or other groups as part of its standard demographic variables?
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the percentage of cell phone-using American adults who say they have been so distracted while talking or texting that they have physically bumped into another person or an object.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.