New Pew Studies

A couple of new Pew studies arrived in recent weeks:

Higher-income homes use Internet, mobile devices more

“About 95 percent of Americans who live in households earning $75,000 or more a year use the Internet at least occasionally, compared with 70 percent of those living in households earning less than $75,000.”

Yup, that’s a no brainer. It does show that in the opposite libraries fill a key roe in society in bridging divides.

Use of the internet in higher-income households
by Jim Jansen
Nov 24, 2010

If your library branch is in a high income census profile, then this one’s for you!

Americans and their gadgets
by Aaron Smith
Oct 14, 2010

Who’s Using Twitter

“Young adults ages 18 to 29, minority groups — 13% black and 18% Hispanic — and urban dwellers are among the groups with the highest level of Twitter() use. The report reveals that women and those with college educations are also slightly more likely than other groups to tweet.”

“72% of Twitter users say they post updates about their personal life, activities or interests.
62% post work-related updates.
55% use Twitter to share links to news stories.
53% use the service to retweet others’ material.
40% use the service to share photos with others, while 28% use it to share videos.
24% tweet their location.”

8% of online Americans use Twitter

Tying your tweets to your Facebook and blog updates makes it a very simple add-on to your community engagement strategies – a trifecta actually!

Stephen