The Center on Media and Human Development in the School of Communication at Northwestern University recently published "Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology: A National Survey," which highlights ten key findings. This list includes: parents still turn to family and friends for parenting advice far more often than to new media sources like websites, blogs, and social networks, parents do not report having many family conflicts or concerns about their children’s media use, and Read More …
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11.7% (#0945)
As the number of mobile internet capable devices increases, people are spending more and more of their online time on these devices. In 2012, "Americans will spend about 11.7% of their daily media consumption with mobile devices." The chart at right illustrates the significant rise in non-voice use of mobile devices since 2009 in comparison to other media consumption. Notably, mobile has experienced an increase greater than that of any other media. So What? Last Read More …
Who Are Americans? (#0837)
In the Sunday paper, I encountered a half-page AP article written by Calvin Woodward and Christopher S. Rugaber that offers incredible insight into our changing nation. Consider these facts: Closer Together: Cities and closely surrounding suburbs are growing faster than farther-off suburbs for the first time in over 20 years Less Mobile: Mobility (defined by the percentage of population that moved in the last year) is at lowest it has been since the Census Bureau started Read More …