- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: Department of Commerce's Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) and NTIA
The Department of Commerce's Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a report, “Exploring the Digital Nation,” that analyzes broadband Internet adoption in the United States. Overall, approximately seven out of 10 households in the United States subscribe to broadband service. The report finds a strong correlation between broadband adoption and socio-economic factors, such as income and education, but says these differences do not explain the entire broadband adoption gap that exists along racial, ethnic and geographic lines. Even after accounting for...
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: NPR, by Leslie Berestein Rojas and PPIC
Much has been reported over the years about the “digital divide,” the lack of Internet access experienced by Latino and black Americans in comparison with other groups. Latinos in particular are on the losing end, less likely to have access than non-Latino whites, or to have a home broadband connection or a cell phone, according to a recent Pew Hispanic Center study. They also lag behind black Americans in home broadband access.
But smart phones may be narrowing the gap. KQED’s MindShift education blog in San Francisco
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: eMarketer
Like for many newer devices, young, affluent college graduates are the overall heaviest users of tablets and ereaders. But when device ownership is broken down by race and ethnicity, the results go beyond the typical early adopter profile. Hispanics skew higher than black or white consumers in ownership of both types of device.
Pew Internet and American Life Project surveyed US consumers and found that, broken down into those three groups, more Hispanics were early adopters of tablets. In November 2010, 7 percent of Hispanics owned tablets, compared with 4 percent of blacks or whites. Just six months later, the percentage of usage among all three...
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: PRNewsWire
To help close the Digital Divide that disproportionately affects Hispanic families in America, impreMedia is launching Club Digital, the nation's most comprehensive bilingual, multimedia Internet training program.
Club Digital's summer pilot program will reach nearly three million Hispanics in California. The program launches August 1st with an extensive 30-day multimedia Internet training program in select impreMedia publications, including La Opinion, La Opinion Contigo and El Mensajero, and a network of community-based partnerships. Club Digital will provide a free opportunity for Californians to learn basic Internet skills. The...
- Posted By: Myriam Grajales-Hall
- Written by: Amy Ta, NPR
The U.S. Census Bureau says the Hispanic population now tops 50 million. With the growth of this demographic comes the growth of Spanish-language media. Networks like Univision and Telemundo are seeing much higher ratings than some listeners may expect.
A story aired on NPR, indicates that while traditional American newspapers are struggling, Spanish-language media is experiencing growth in circulation and competition.
The scope and influence of Hispanics are at issue during this week's 29th annual convention by the
