Digital Destiny: Rethinking the Divide
May 09, 2015
In the era of the mobile phone, the digital divide means something different than it used to.
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THE CLASSIC ANSWER:
THE CLASSIC ANSWER:
STILL TRUE!
THE NEW ANSWER:
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100
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1999 2004
2009
Movies
Video games
Computer
Music/audio
TV
Source: “Generation M2,” Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2010
Source: “Children, Media and Race,” Northwestern, June 2011
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100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
Minutes/day
White
African-‐American
Hispanic
Asian
Source: “Teens and Mobile Phones,” Pew Internet Project, April 2010
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10
20
30
40
50
60 Nov-‐06
Mar-‐07
Jul-‐0
7
Nov-‐07
Mar-‐08
Jul-‐0
8
Nov-‐08
Mar-‐09
Jul-‐0
9
TexLng
IMing
Mobile calling
Social network
Face-‐to-‐face
Landline calling
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
All mobile
All smartphone
White, non-‐Hispanic
Black, non-‐Hispanic
Hispanic
Source: “Smartphone Adoption & Usage,” Pew Internet Project, July 2011
Source: “Mobile Access 2010,” Pew Internet Project, July 2010
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20
40
60
80
100
Take photos
Text
Internet
Send email
Game
Record video
Play music
IM
Social network
Watch video
Post photos
Buy things
Status update
51%
24%
17% White
African-‐American
Hispanic
Asian
Other
Source: “Twitter Usage in America 2010,” Edison Research, April 2010
1. Announce the hashtag.
2. Stream tweets
over music videos.
Source: “The art of the hashtag,” media.twitter.com, January 2011
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