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One aspect is that they describe themselves as not using the internet. There might be some Grandma who says that while writing a text message to her family. Doe
by qznc 7y ago
One aspect is that they describe themselves as not using the internet. There might be some Grandma who says that while writing a text message to her family. Does the survey make clear what "using the internet" means?
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- danpalmer 7y agoI wonder whether the "internet" vs "web" distinction was made in the survey, or whether it got lost in translation to the BBC article. I'd agree, my grandmother never uses the _internet_, my grandfather used to use just email (probably once a week), but never used the _web_.
- reaperducer 7y agoDoes the survey make clear what "using the internet" means? It doesn't state explicitly, but it does not appear that text messaging, or anything you could do with a feature phone was counted. The term used in the study was "online," not "using the internet." The study looked at things like "buy products," "pay bills," "listen to music," "watch movies," "follow celebrities," "post videos," and "buy groceries."