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Media Mention
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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More in: Seniors, Broadband
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Media Mention
Bob Moos, The Dallas Morning News
Oct 12, 2009
Eighty-three-year-old Virgil Heidbrink has found what he thinks is the perfect place to retire. He's met many interesting people there. Every day, they share their life stories and favorite jokes. And he's convinced that the new social connections ar...
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More in: Seniors, Social Networking
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Presentation
Sep 10, 2009Amanda Lenhart
Representatives from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA) will discuss the new communities coming online in record numbers in the United State...
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More in: Communities, Safety, Race and Ethnicity , Seniors, Teens, Women and Men
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Media Mention
Frederic Lardinois, ReadWriteWeb
Aug 27, 2009
Even though baby boomers make up more than one quarter of all US Internet users, and even though the majority of this group spends over five hour per week online, a new survey by Burst Media found that only 14% of boomers feel that the content on the...
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More in: Social Networking, Generations, Seniors
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Media Mention
John D. Sutter, CNN.com
Apr 13, 2009
While online social networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are known hang-outs for younger adults and teenagers, older generations in recent months have been taking to the medium at a faster rate than any other age group, according to industry r...
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More in: Social Networking, Seniors
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Media Mention
Sam Hassan, New America Media
Mar 8, 2009
A recently launched nationwide program will aim to help elderly Latino/Americans get comfortable in cyberspace in an effort to overcome one of the widest gaps in the so-called "digital divide" between those who are able to access and use the Internet...
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More in: Race and Ethnicity , Digital Divide, Seniors
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Report
Jan 28, 2009Sydney Jones, Susannah Fox
Over half of the adult internet population is between 18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older generations are online now than in the past, and they are doing more activities online.
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More in: Generations, Digital Divide, Seniors, Teens, Email
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Presentation
Jan 28, 2009Sydney Jones, Susannah Fox
This is a series of charts related to the "Generations Online in 2009" report released on Jan. 28, 2009.
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More in: Generations, Digital Divide, Teens, Seniors, Banking, Blogs