Internet & Technology

As of May 2013, 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use the internet or email. An additional 9% of adults use the internet but lack home access.

15% of American adults do not use the internet at all, and another 9% of adults use the internet but not at home.

Overview of Pew Internet's mobile connectivity findings and their implications for libraries

How the new media ecosystem has affected marketing

50% of cell owners download apps to their phones; 48% listen to music services; video calling has tripled since 2011; texting remains a popular activity

Susannah Fox spoke at "A Healthy America" at the Institute of Medicine.

57% of American adults use their cell phone to go online. 21% of cell phone owners say they mostly access the internet using their phone.

Twitter's announcement on Sept. 12 that it planned to go public with an initial public offering follows seven years of growth in the user of the social media platform.

The average gap between the proportion of men and women who use social media

More social media users are adding location information to their posts, and most smartphone owners use location-based information services.