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The mobile difference. Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project 9.20.13 SEFLIN – librarian webinar Email: Lrainie@pewinternet.org Twitter: @ Lrainie. “ Tell the truth, and trust the people” -- Joseph N. Pew, Jr. http://bit.ly/dUvWe3 http://bit.ly/100qMub. Best/Worst.
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The mobile difference Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project 9.20.13 SEFLIN – librarian webinar Email: Lrainie@pewinternet.org Twitter: @Lrainie
“Tell the truth, and trust the people” -- Joseph N. Pew, Jr. http://bit.ly/dUvWe3 http://bit.ly/100qMub
Mobile Revolution Mobile – 91% … smartphone 56% … tablets 34% 326.4 Total U.S. population: 319 million 2012
More likely to be Latinos, younger adults, less affluent, lesser educational attainment
More data that show how integrated mobile connectivity is to everyday life
Location services • 74% of adult smartphone owners use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location. • 30% say that at least one of their accounts is currently set up to include their location in their posts, up from 14% who said this in 2011. • 12% of adult smartphone owners say they use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends – down from 18% of smartphone owners who reported this in 2012.
Other key parts of life • 52% of cell owners are two-screen TV watchers • 31% of cell owners / 52% of smartphone owners have used it for health and medical information • 19% have health apps • 9% have texted for health • 27% of cell owners used their phones for political information in 2012 election • 19% text messages on politics – also fact checking / social networking • 9% of cell owners have texted charitable donations • 10% of campaign donors gave via text
Mobile devices and privacy • 54% of app users have decided to not install a cell phone app when they discovered how much personal information they would need to share in order to use it • 30% of app users have uninstalled an app that was already on their cell phone because they learned it was collecting personal information that they didn’t wish to share
Current state of play – patrons 53% 59% 40% 58% 63% 64%
Current state of play – website users 39% 44% 19% 52% 60% 46%
Current state of play – Mobile connectors 13% of those 16+ • Those under 50 • Those with college degrees • Those in non-rural areas Flickr - http://bit.ly/18iUyhF
Personalize, Amazon-style recommendations Classes on how to download e-books Pre-loaded e-book readers Digital media lab to digitize personal material Instruction on how to use e-reading devices
Impact on patrons and librarians • Attention zones change • “Continuous partial attention” • Deep dives • Info snacking • Real-time, just-in-time searches • Augmented reality highlights the merger of data world and real world