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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.
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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Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Aug 12, 2010
More than half of Americans generally disagree with federal government efforts to expand broadband connections around the nation, saying those projects are not important, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Pew Center. The findings com...
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Peter Svensson, Associated Press
Aug 11, 2010
The adoption of high-speed Internet service in homes has slowed to a crawl this year after a decade of rapid growth, according to two new studies. And it looks as if broadband is going to be a tough sell for those who don't already have it. The Pe...
Steve Evans, BBC's Americana
Jul 18, 2010
Presenter Stephen Evans crunches the numbers with Susannah Fox of The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and technology guru Megan McCarthy. They discuss what it is that Americans explore, accomplish and build when they spend hour...
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Feb 23, 2010Susannah Fox
An FCC survey finds that 78% of adults are internet users and 65% of adults have home broadband connections.
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Jan 5, 2010Lee Rainie
As of December 2009, 74% of American adults (ages 18 and older) use the internet.
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Dec 22, 2009Susannah Fox
64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.
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Eric A. Taub, New York Times
Oct 28, 2009
Some of the highest growth rates in broadband use are happening among the elderly. The Pew Research Center found that broadband use for those 65 and older increased from 19 percent in May 2008 to 30 percent in April 2009. Since 2005, broadband use ha...
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Randall Stross, New York Times
Oct 19, 2009
ACCESS to a fast Internet connection has become more than a convenience. It’s being enshrined in some countries as a legal right of all citizens. Finland, for example, announced last week that it was moving up its timetable to next year from 2015 for...
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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.