Comments on: The racial divide in Internet devices

By: SIA

SIA — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:32:38 +0000

"A Pew Internet report says that while 56% of Americans have accessed the Internet wirelessly, thereâ€™s a stark racial divide in the devices we use. About half of the African-American and English-speaking Hispanic population accesses the Net through cellphones and other handheld devices, but only 28% of white Americans have ever done so." Speaking of that Pew Research report, a representative of Pew just discussed its findings in a recent podcast about changing online demographics.

By: Ed Dodds

Ed Dodds — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:37:05 +0000

I’m a caucanglo and I use both platforms but I gotta tell ya that it’s mainly because Apple refuses to come out with the iNewton (iNetwon) / Kindle / Media Pad / Axiotron ModBook thingie with VOIP and speech rec built in at an affordable price — at least I think so at this point.

FYI: http://mobileactive.org and http://mobileactive.org/blog

By: Tensegrities » Blog Archive » Racial divide in how we access the Internet

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:49:13 +0000

[...] Interesting report, which makes me more intent than ever on finding ways to experience the Net with simply a phone. I’m signing off now for the next week, and will be in Wyoming hiking with my sisters. [...]

By: davidw

davidw — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:59:16 +0000

Adam, your elaboration is indeed what I had in mind. Little screens, slow processors, itsy keyboards…

By: Adam Holland

Adam Holland — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:04:36 +0000

David, could you elaborate on your third facet?
Are you thinking that the hardware with which the non-white populace is accessing the net is less likely to be generative, morel likely to be tethered/ crippled whereas since white Americans aren’t using these things, (phones, etc.) they are probably using actual computers, which are less likely to be tethered, more likely to be generative?

I guess I’d also like to see % of each racial group who access the net at all.