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China's Online Population Explosion

Jul 12, 2007Deborah Fallows

The growth rate of China's internet user population has been outpacing that of the U.S., and China is projected to overtake the U.S. in the total number of users within a few years. The influx of tens of millions of new online participants each year...

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The X's and O's of cyberspace

Joe Chapman, Tri-City Herald

Mar 15, 2007

The study found that 52 percent of Latinos of Mexican descent use the Internet -- a smaller percentage than Latinos from any other Latin American country. Ricardo Snchez of the Latino/Latina Educational Achievement Project said he's not surprised...

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America's Digital Divide Narrows

Catherine Holahan, BusinessWeek.com

Mar 15, 2007

Instead of a digital divide, the U.S. has a "digital dimmer switch," says Pew associate director Susannah Fox... "Broadband users are shaping their online environment, not just using it," says Fox. "It is interesting to think about not only what Lati...

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Internet useage low among Latinos

Javier Erik Olvera, San Jose Mercury News

Mar 15, 2007

While the report overwhelmingly shows that Internet access is low among Latinos, it also shows usage is rapidly increasingly among those born in this country whose parents are immigrants. It shows that 80 percent of second-generation Latinos go o...

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Latinos Online

Mar 14, 2007Susannah Fox, Gretchen Livingston

Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the internet.

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Pew study: Latinos less likely to be online

Suzanne Gamboa, USA Today/Associated Press

Mar 14, 2007

Although the study found that fewer than a third of Latino adults have broadband access, more than half have a cellphone and most of them send and receive text messages. The findings present some challenges for policymakers. "Hispanic Americans...

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Study finds U.S. adult Latinos lag in Internet use, particularly among Spanish-dominant

Suzanne Gamboa , Associated Press Newswires

Mar 14, 2007

"Latinos are not going online as much as non-Hispanic whites and blacks, even at younger ages where Internet use is far greater, according to a report released Wednesday.

Fifty-six percent of adult Latinos use the Internet, compared with 70 percent...

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Hispanics trail others on Net use

Stella M. Chavez, Dallas Morning News

Mar 14, 2007

"At this point, in most areas of the country, it is assumed that someone has access to the Internet," said Susannah Fox, an associate director at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. But the reality is different for certain segments of the p...

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Study: Blacks lead renewed growth of broadband Internet access

Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel

May 29, 2006

“Led by a dramatic increase among blacks, Americans have traded up to high-speed Internet access at an unexpectedly fast pace during the past year, according to a study released Sunday.

The number of African-Americans with a high-speed, or "broadband,...

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Digital Divide Closing as Blacks Turn to Internet

Michel Marriott, The New York Times

Mar 31, 2006

The sharpest growth in Internet access and use is among young people. But blacks and other members of minorities of various ages are also merging onto the digital information highway as never before. According to a Pew national survey of people 18...

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