- From: Steven Clift <clift@e-democracy.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:55:06 -0500
- To: brigade <brigade@codeforamerica.org>, sunlightlabs <sunlightlabs@googlegroups.com>, citycamp <citycamp@forums.e-democracy.org>, liberationtech <liberationtech@mailman.stanford.edu>, eGovIG IG <public-egov-ig@w3.org>, "practitioners@ecampaigningforum.com" <practitioners@ecampaigningforum.com>
Oops: https://bitly.com/pewcellnetuse Not the stats page: https://bitly.com/pewcellnetuse+ Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Steven Clift <clift@e-democracy.org> wrote: > Important implications for civic tech/open gov: > > https://bitly.com/pewcellnetuse+ > > > It is notable that 60% of Latinos, 43% of blacks who *use phone to go > online* mostly go online that way, while whites mobile net users only > come in at 27% (meaning they have more devices/ways to access ... like > the dual 24" monitor experience in front of me right now). > > So, if you want open gov/civic tech to reach those often not being > heard via "online civic communication" - > http://bit.ly/ecivicgapinfographic - a responsive/mobile design seems > essential. > > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.org > > From their main report: > > Demographics of cell-mostly internet users > > The Pew Research Center has been tracking the “cell mostly internet > user” phenomenon since 2011, and over that time several demographic > groups—young adults, non-whites, the less educated, and the less > affluent—have said that they go online mostly using their cell phone > at consistently high rates.1 This remains true in 2013, as our data > indicates: > > Non-whites: Among those who use their phone to go online, six in ten > Hispanics and 43% of African-Americans are cell-mostly internet users, > compared with 27% of whites. > > Young adults: Half of cell internet users ages 18-29 mostly use their > cell phone to go online. > > The less-educated: Some 45% of cell internet users with a high school > diploma or less mostly use their phone to go online, compared with 21% > of those with a college degree. > > The less-affluent: Similarly, 45% of cell internet users living in > households with an annual income of less than $30,000 mostly use their > phone to go online, compared with 27% of those living in households > with an annual income of $75,000 or more. > > > Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com > Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org > Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy > Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072
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