Collected Item: “53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak”
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53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Text story
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This Pew Research article discusses how different socioeconomic status and political preference influences how Americans believe schools should provide technology for their students. More importantly, the article goes into detail about how parents with lower incomes are more likely to struggle to provide some sort of adequate situation for their children, especially when the majority of Americans view technology and the internet as an essential tool during the pandemic. Besides student access to technology, economic class is also having an impact on how some individuals can afford their own internet connections and phone plans, thereby limiting their access.
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HST494, Technology, Socioeconomic gaps, school
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https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/04/30/53-of-americans-say-the-internet-has-been-essential-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/
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Emily A Vogels, Andrew Perrin, Lee Rainie, and Monica Anderson
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2020-04-30