The Digital Differences In Americans 214
antdude writes "When the Pew Internet Project first studied the role of the internet in American life, there were big differences between those who were using the internet and those who weren't. Today, differences in internet access still exist, especially when it comes to access to high-speed broadband at home. From the article: 'Virtually every U.S. household with an annual income over $75,000 is online, but that’s only true for 63% of adults who live in a household with an annual income under $30,000. The numbers look quite similar for different education levels: 94% of adults with post-graduate degrees are online, but 57% of those without high school diplomas remain offline.
Beside the obvious economic barriers to entry, though, the Pew poll also found that half of those who don’t go online do so because they just don’t think “the Internet is relevant to them.” One in five of those who are not online today think that they just don’t know enough about technology to use the Internet on their own.'"
What a surprise! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No internet at home? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:No internet at home? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What a surprise! (Score:5, Funny)
Actually yes it is a big deal. After heat, internet is #1 need in the modern age.
So, make sure to recycle those old P4 desktops into needy homes, heat and internet access in one package.
Re:elderly are a large portion of it (Score:3, Funny)
If you remove the single largest factor for non-adoption (age), the rates are generally pretty high
so you're suggesting Logan's Run [wikipedia.org] as a solution to improving the rate of internet usage?
Who are you? some kinda liberal/commie/lefty who embraces Obamacare and is just itching for the death panels to get up and running?
Re:elderly are a large portion of it (Score:5, Funny)
Logan's Run is such a panacea, really. Not only would it increase internet adoption, but imagine the other statistical benefits: It'd raise our percentage of college graduates, increase the average physical fitness of both men and women, improve our per-capita GDP, and even decrease cancer rates.
Re:elderly are a large portion of it (Score:5, Funny)
Logan's Run is such a panacea, really. Not only would it increase internet adoption, but imagine the other statistical benefits: It'd raise our percentage of college graduates, increase the average physical fitness of both men and women, improve our per-capita GDP, and even decrease cancer rates.
Damn you for taking my trolling post and converting it into a reasonable argument!
Re:Poor People Tend To Be Idiots (Score:3, Funny)
Idiots tend not to want to use the Internet as much
You must be going to a different Internet than I have been.