STUDY: Younger Smartphone Users More Likely to Access Social Media

What are all of those people doing on their smartphones? According to a new study by Pew Research Center, they are probably accessing social networks.

YoungWomenOnSmartphonesWhat are all of those people doing on their smartphones? According to a new study by Pew Research Center, they are probably accessing social networks.

Pew Research Center teamed up with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation on the study, obtaining data from telephone surveys conducted over two four-day periods last December, as well as the American Trends Panel “experience sampling” survey last November, and it found that:

  • 64 percent of U.S. adults own smartphones, up from 35 percent in 2011.
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