Digital Divide

When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.

Older adults are less likely than younger adults to go online, but there are exceptions -- those who "feel" and "do" younger than their chronological age.

Older adults are still the least likely group to have basic internet access and broadband access at home. However, information specialists can design outreach plans that are targeted at certain groups dominated by people age 50+.

Pew Internet's typology of information and communications technology users tells us a lot about how far along we are -- or aren't -- in the "information society."

Half of all American adults are only occasional users of modern information gadgetry, while 8% are avid participants in all that digital life has to offer

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

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

In China, how three big issues -- digital divides, internet cafes, and online games -- are spilling into each other.

One in five adults in this country are disconnected from the just-in-time information source that the internet has become for many people.

This presentation covers many of the major findings from the Project about the social impact of the internet.