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Media and Technology Stats and Studies – May 13, 2013
A Grunwald Associates report commissioned by AT&T concluded that parents’ level of education correlated with their level of enthusiasm about the benefits of mobile technology in their children’s education. The report concluded that most parents whose children did not use mobile devices or who were less believing of the benefits of using devices to enhance learning do not […]
EE Global – Time is Running Out!
Join the Joint Center (an endorsing organization) and over 300 attendees for the 2013 Energy Efficiency Global Forum, the Alliance to Save Energy’s robust, high-level energy efficiency gathering held May 20 and 21, 2013, in Washington, DC. EE Global is encourages candid conversation on energy issues with discussion-based executive dialogue sessions and plenary sessions led […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – May 6, 2013
In an advertising sales pitch to advertisers at the Digital Content NewFronts this week, a top YouTube executive reported that YouTube viewers spend 2 billion more hours per month watching videos on the service than they did last year. Last year, 1 billion unique viewers watched 4 billion hours of YouTube content per month, compared to 6 billion hours […]
The Joint Center Endorses EE Global
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is pleased to announce its endorsement of EE Global, the 2013 Energy Efficiency Global Forum, which will be held in Washington, DC, on May 20 and 21, 2013. Hosted by the Alliance to Save Energy, EE Global is the premier gathering of energy efficiency influencers from around […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – April 30, 2013
UCLA’s Children’s Digital Media Center found that among children between the ages of 9 and 15, those who use social media often are more interested in becoming famous than other kids the same age. Earlier this year, Pew found Blacks and Hispanics to be the most avid users of Twitter and Instagram. Interestingly, the Girl Scouts found […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – April 22, 2013
A Horowitz Associates report found that, while Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans are as likely as their White counterparts to have access to over-the-top (OTT) platforms - such as Netflix, Roku, and Hulu - they are more likely to use them regularly to watch video content. Half of Black (49%) and Hispanic (53%) consumers watch OTT content at […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – April 15, 2013
Several civil rights groups urged the FCC to complete its diversity studies before departing Chairman Julius Genachowski leaves office. The Chairman delayed the release of long-awaited rule changes, pending the release of a separate study being conducted by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC), which MMTC has said would evaluate the effect a proposed […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – April 8, 2013
The Utah Legislature has appropriated $10 million to prepare Utah students for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. Hispanics are, by a substantial margin, the most populous minority group in Utah, comprising 13.2% of the state’s population (376,889 persons), compared to Asian and multiracial persons (2.2% each), American Indians (1.5%), and Blacks (1.3%). According to a 2011 ACT […]
Considering Benefit Corporations as an Integral Part of Tax Reform and our Economic Future
by Ernie C. Jolly At a shareholders’ meeting for the fictional corporation Teldar Paper, Wall Street (20th Century Fox, Dec. 11, 1987) antagonist Gordon Gekko argued that “greed, for a lack of a better word, is good” and that “greed, in all its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, [for] knowledge, has marked […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – April 1, 2013
A Federal Reserve survey found that while the number of cell phone users using their phones to perform general banking activities such as checking balances and paying bills increased by 33%, only 6% used their phone to replace their wallets over the year, with 25% expressing an interest in doing so. An NTCA survey revealed rural telcos have […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – March 26, 2013
CDC: More Americans Than Ever Use Phones While Driving The Centers for Disease Control reported that talking on the phone and texting while driving is on the rise in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Phone use is a contributing factor to an estimated 1.3 million deaths resulting […]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – March 18, 2013
CRA: Computing Degree Enrollments Soar, Foreign Students Dominate Among Advanced Computing Degrees Awarded in U.S., Hispanics Show Sharp Declines Among Computer Engineering Grads The Computer Research Association has released a report showing the number of new undergraduate majors pursuing degrees in computer science at doctorate-granting institutions has grown by more than 29% over last year. [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – March 11, 2013
Gross Disparities Persist in the Use of Mobile Devices in Classrooms Pew Research reports a full 73% of teachers use cellphones for classroom activities. However, the study shows significant disparities between low-income and mid- to upper-income students. For example, while 56 percent of the highest income students reported using tablets, just 37 percent of low-income students [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – March 1, 2013
Women’s Media Center Report: Representation of Women in Media Has Stagnated In a report entitled ”The Status of Women in the U.S. Media, 2013“, the Women’s Media Center reported that the percentage of women working in newspaper newsrooms was 36.9 in 2012–exactly the same proportion reported in 1999. The report also found that if current hiring [...]
Implications of Strict Voter ID Legislation on African Americans in Virginia
by Marcus Coleman, Ph.D. During Black History Month, the United States celebrates the life and history of African Americans. In the midst of those celebrations, we commonly learn about African-American leaders who set forth to bravely face the perils of oppression, but we also honor those who set an example of perseverance and resilience in [...]
Bridging the Digital Divide: The Importance of IP-based Infrastructure to Communities of Color
by Ralph B. Everett, Esq. Telephone companies are in the process of replacing their copper-wire network with fiber running all the way to homes and businesses, a nationwide trend in both urban centers and rural communities. This technological transition within the core of our nation’s telecommunications networks is expected to bring faster speeds and improved [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – February 25, 2013
Univision Beat NBC in the February Sweeps For the first time in history, NBC slipped to 5th place among TV networks in the Nielsen sweeps among adults ages 18-49. The network fell to Spanish-language TV network Univision. CDD: Multicultural Consumers are in Marketers’ Digital Marketing “Bullseye” The Center for Digital Democracy released a report discussing [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – February 19, 2013
Local Phone Companies and Libraries Split on Whether NTIA’s ‘BTOP’ Program Has Been Wasteful Local phone companies complained the federal government’s program to build broadband to remote areas has been wasteful. The companies and others complained about millions of dollars in duplicative— and, in some cases, lavish—expenditures by BTOP grant recipients. In a separate report, [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – February 8, 2013
FCC Proposes Nationwide, Super WiFi Networks The Washington Post reported the FCC has proposed the creation of super WiFi networks across the nation using broadcast spectrum. The announcement sparked intense lobbying by telecommunications companies arguing auctioning the airwaves proposed for super WiFi would raise billions for the U.S. Treasury and the extent of interference the [...]
Media and Technology Stats and Studies – February 1, 2013
High School Students Losing Interest in STEM A STEMconnector/My College Options report revealed dwindling interest in STEM fields among high school students. The economy is expected to add some 15 million new STEM-related jobs through 2018. Still, high school students appear to be losing interest in STEM and African American and Latino students continue to [...]
