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• The black/white “digital divide” continues to persist, but is not consistent across technology platforms or demographic groups

• Young, college-educated, and higher-income African Americans are just as likely as their white counterparts to use the internet and to have broadband service at home.

• In contrast to internet use and broadband adoption, blacks and whites are equally likely to own a cell phone of some kind, and also have identical rates of smartphone ownership.

• 22% of online blacks are Twitter users, compared with 16% of online whites.

• Among African-American teens, 34% report going online “almost constantly” as do 32% of Hispanic teens, while 19% of white teens go online that often.

• Hispanic and African-American youth with phones are substantially more likely to use messaging apps, with 46% of Hispanic and 47% of African-American teens using a messaging app compared with 24% of white teens

Source: PewResearch Internet Project (Jan 2014)

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