Internet Diffusion
Everyone else is having an end-of-year quiz, so here is mine.
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About what percentage of the U.S. population use the Internet?
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About how wide is the gap in usage rates between whites and blacks?
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Say which of the following is the best predictor of Internet use: Income, Education, Urban residence, Region.
Now scoot over to my good friend Eszter Hargittai’s weblog to see the answers. While you’re there, read some of her papers.
And here’s a note from Elegant Hack about a related essay by Meg Hourihan. Something to bear in mind the next time someone says “But no-one uses dialup anymore.”