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Director Lee Rainie will dicuss how Baby Boomers use technology at the What's Next Boomer Business Summit. He'll explore generational differences in use of the internet and mobile devices and how coming developments in technology might affect their activities and attitudes.
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PewInternet.org
Baby Boomers and Digital Technology
Silver Summit – Washington DC
March 28, 2012
Lee Rainie: Director, Pew Internet Project
Email: [email protected]
Generational self-definition
Internet users – 80%
93% 89% 80% 75%
58%
31%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
Broadband at home – 64%
74% 75% 65% 60%
45%
21%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
Digital devices
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
All online adults (18+)
Cell phone 96% 94% 87% 84% 77% 52% 88%
Desktop computer 55% 67% 62% 61% 48% 29% 57% Laptop computer 70% 63% 58% 49% 32% 14% 56%
iPod or MP3 player 69% 57% 36% 24% 10% 5% 44% Game console 63% 63% 38% 19% 8% 3% 42% e-Book reader 19% 25% 18% 12% 9% 5% 19% Tablet, like iPad 23% 23% 16% 14% 8% 3% 19%
Smartphones – 46%
66% 53%
35% 22% 20% 3%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
81% 74%
54% 44%
26%
9% 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-
65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
Wireless connectors – 63%
56%
40%
25%
11% 4%
1%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Millennials (18-34)
GenX (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation (66-
74)
G.I. Generation (75+)
Download apps– 46%
Use social networking sites – 52%
78%
63%
42% 38%
20%
6% 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
318.5
197.6 155.7
85.1 78.4 42.0
0.0
50.0
100.0
150.0
200.0
250.0
300.0
350.0
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers (47-56)
Older Boomers (57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
Mean size of SNS network
Internet activities – 1 % of internet users
91 90 89 83 81
89 92
82 85 84
0
20
40
60
80
100
Email Search engines Hobby Maps/Directions Health info
Younger Boomers Older Boomers
Internet activities – 2 % of internet users
71 72 68
65
55 55
62
74 74
61
50 46
0
20
40
60
80
100
DIY info Get news Govt sites Pol news Research jobs Wikipedia
Younger Boomers Older Boomers
81
70 68
55
27
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Research products Buy goods Travel reservations Banking Auction
% o
f in
tern
et
us
ers
Internet activities – 3 % of internet users
Big changes in messaging environment
• Users are in charge of the media “playlist”
• Attention zones are fracturing
• Influencers are different – “amateur experts”
• Feedback and participation are assumed aspects of “media” encounters
• Transparency is a new marker of trust and trust is eroding in big institutions – including the church and media enterprises
• Social networks are more important than ever
What does this mean? Social networks are more influential - 1
Sentries
What does this mean?
Evaluators
Social networks are more influential - 2
What does this mean?
Audience = New media are the
new neighborhood
Social networks are more influential - 3
Be not afraid
Thank you!