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One in three US residents owns a tablet, nearly doubling the adoption rate in the past year, according to a newly-released study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. In 2012, according to the Pew research, roughly 18 percent of US  adults aged 18 or more owned a tablet. It also found that 56 percent of households earning at least $75,000 per year owned one. “One of the things that is especially interesting about tablet adoption compared to some of the … other devices we’ve studied is how these technologies’ growth has played out between different age groups,” said Pew research analyst Kathryn Zickuhr. “With smartphones, for instance, we’ve seen a very strong correlation with age, in which most younger adults own smartphones regardless of income level. But when it comes to tablets, adults in their thirties and forties are now significantly more likely than any other age group to own this device.” The survey of 2,252 US adults was conducted in English and Spanish via telephone between 17 April and 19 May 2013.  (The Washington Post)(Tablet Ownership: Pew Internet and American Life Project)

Newly released research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that photos and video are an increasingly important aspect of social media sites. The study divides users into “Creators,” who post photos and videos online, representing 46 percent of Internet users, and “Curators” an estimated 41 percent of Internet users who gather videos they find elsewhere and post them on image-sharing sites. The study specifically asked US-based respondents about the sites Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. They found women are more likely to use Pinterest than men, and young adults tend to use Instagram more than other sites. Only 5 percent of those adult Internet users surveyed use Tumblr. For comparison, 16 percent said that they use Twitter, 20 percent use LinkedIn, and 66 percent of the adult Internet users use Facebook. The organization collected the information during a phone survey of 1,005 adults conducted in early August 2012. (Mashable) (The Telegraph)(The Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project)