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Sep 17, 2010Aaron Smith
Trends in technology use and adoption among African-Americans and Latinos
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National telephone surveys gather representative data about whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans.
Cecilia Kang, Washington Post
Jul 26, 2011
Seven in 10 American adults online are using video sharing sites such as YouTube, with minority users leading the way, according to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. [...] Americans are creating, sharing and ...
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Andrew Speyer, MediaPost
Jul 21, 2011
Three reports released recently -- "Latinos and Digital Technology" by the Pew Hispanic Center, "35% of American adults own a smartphone" by Pew Internet, and "...
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Nathan Olivarez-Giles, L.A. Times
Jun 1, 2011
About 13% of online adults in the U.S. also use Twitter, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. That's up from 8% about six months ago -- a testament to the 5-year-old social networking site's growing popularity. ...
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Amy Gahran, CNN
May 20, 2011
[...] last summer Pew found that more than 87 percent of English-speaking U.S. Hispanics owned a cell phone, vs. 80 percent of non-Hispanic whites. Another Pew stu...
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Jan 25, 2011Aaron Smith
Senior Research Specialist Aaron Smith presents the Pew Internet Project's latest findings on the use of social media by communities of color to the California Immunization Coalition. (Updated with slides)
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Jesse Washington, Associated Press
Jan 10, 2011
Today, as mobile technology puts computers in our pockets, Latinos and blacks are more likely than the general population to access the Web by cellular phones, and they use their phones more often to do more things. But now some see a new "digital...
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Jan 6, 2011Lee Rainie
Director Lee Rainie spoke at the Organization of Chinese Americans Broadband Summit about Pew Research examining how Asian-Americans use technology, including broadband adoption and online activities.
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Chris O'Brien | Columnist, San Jose Mercury News
Dec 14, 2010
At first glance, a major study released last week showing higher percentages of blacks and Latinos than whites using Twitter seemed like a cyberutopian's dream come true. The blogosphere applauded what looked like real data showing that social media ...
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Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News
Dec 9, 2010
People have grown used to the idea of Twitter as America's stream of consciousness, but a new study suggests that the fast-growing microblogging service is also becoming a kind of digital melting pot for U.S. adults. A survey released today by the...
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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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the percentage of Americans who believe that lack of broadband is a “major disadvantage” when it comes to finding out about job opportunities or gaining new career skills.
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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.