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 -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
