unfinished symphony: what we don’t know about the future of the internet
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Lee RainieDirector – Pew Internet & American Life ProjectIGF- US Washington, DC10.2.09TRANSCRIPT
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UNFINISHED SYMPHONYWhat we don’t know about the future of the internet
Lee RainieDirector – Pew Internet ProjectIGF- US Washington, DC10.2.09
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – September 2009 survey
Age
93%83%
77%
43%
79%69%
61%
29%
0%
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60%
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18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
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Internet users Broadband at home
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – September 2009 survey
Race and ethnicity
80%72%
61%67%
51%43%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Whites Blacks Hispanics
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Internet users Broadband at home
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Community type
77% 75%
65%63% 64%
42%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Suburban Urban Rural
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Internet users Broadband at home
Pew Internet & American Life Project – April 2009 survey
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – September 2009 survey
Household income
62%
84%93% 95%
41%
67%
83%88%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
<$30K $30-$50K $50K-$75K $75K+
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – September 2009 survey
Educational attainment
37%
72%
87%94%
25%
54%
71%
84%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
<High school HS diploma Some college College degree +
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Internet users Broadband at home
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – December 2008 survey
Physical status
77%
53%59%
33%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Non-disabled Disabled
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Internet users Broadband at home
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Pew Internet & American Life Project – December 2008 survey
Language proficiency
76%
56%
44%
26%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Internet users Broadband at home
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English speaking Spanish speaking
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September 9, 2009 9Trends in internet use
The mobile difference
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September 9, 2009 10Trends in internet use
The mobile difference
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September 9, 2009 11Trends in internet use
Broadband well-being benefits• 42% of Americans say they or someone they know has been helped by
health advice and information they have found online – compared with 3% who say they have been hurt by online medical information
• 68% of broadband users say broadband is important to them for finding out what is going on in their communities
• 62% say it is an important contributor to economic growth in their communities
• 58% say it is important to their ability to share their views with others• 57% say it is important to their ability to communicate with local officials• 25% of all Americans say the internet and cell phones have made their
current family life closer than the life they knew when they were young, compared with 11% who say technology has made their family not as close
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September 9, 2009 12Trends in internet use
Un-quantified impacts
• The exact economic value that is added to a locale when you bring broadband to the community … or the benefits that accrue to individuals as productive workers and as smart consumers when they become internet users
• Any improvements that occur in learning, especially in formal educational outcomes, when internet use is encouraged in school-related work
• The impact on medical outcomes that occurs when people use the internet to gather health information and share their stories about their own experience of diseases and treatments
• The possibility that internet use produces new involvement with civic and political life by those who might otherwise be disengaged
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September 9, 2009 13Trends in internet use
Thank you!
Lee Rainie
Director
Pew Internet & American Life Project
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