Survey Defines Split in Technology Use

May 7th, 2007 By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer Survey Defines Split in Technology Use (AP)

Susannah Fox, the main author of a study on internet spyware by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, is seen at the Pew Research Center in Washington in this July 6, 2005 file photo. In a recent survey, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that adult Americans are broadly divided into three groups: 31 percent are elite technology users, 20 percent are moderate users and the remainder have little or no usage of the Internet or cell phones. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

(AP) -- A broad survey about the technology people have, how they use it, and what they think about it shatters assumptions and reveals where companies might be able to expand their audiences.



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