35 Percent of Blacks Watch TV Online, 13 Percent Consider Cancelling Cable
As African Americans continue to bridge the disparity in broadband usage and access, we’ve witnessed a number of trends that show that not only are we adopting technology, we’re beginning to dominate in usage. Blacks currently outpace other ethnic groups in mobile phone usage according to the Pew Report and now it seems online television [...]
Read MorePew Report: African Americans Outpace Whites in Mobile Phone, App Usage
As the discussion on net neutrality and equal access to high-speed Internet continues, minorities continue to make strides in closing the digital divide. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, minorities are not only gaining access to the Web, we’re doing it without necessarily having to access a desktop or a laptop. When [...]
Read MoreNew Pew Report: African Americans Most Active Users of Mobile Web
Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new report on users of wireless Internet. Based on the findings of an April 2009 daily tracking survey, the results of the report were gleaned from data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research International between March 26 to April 19, 2009, among a sample of 2,253 adults, 18 and older.
Read MoreUrban League’s Morial Responds to Pew Broadband Report
(Editor’s note: Last Friday, I received an e-mail containing a statement issued by Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, Janet Murguía, president and CEO of The National Council of La Raza, and Rey Ramsey, CEO of One Economy Corporation.
Read MoreAfrican American Broadband Usage Below Average, Use of Mobile Web on the Rise
The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently released a report on broadband usage that posits while usage is up (63% of USA homes), African Americans are still below average in their use. The report, Home Broadband Adoption 2009, states that An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project [...]
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