NPR –
Ariana Tobin
“While phones seem poised to hit a full saturation point across the board, there are meaningful differences in how various demographics use them. Among African-American teens, Pew says 34 percent report going online “almost constantly,” as do 32 percent of Hispanic teens, but only 19 percent of white teens say they go online that often. And while African-American teens are most likely to have access to a smartphone, they’re have somewhat less access to a desktop or laptop computer at home. Katie Naoum, a middle school English teacher at South Bronx Prep, was one of the dozens of teachers who surveyed her students for a New Tech City project exploring some of those differences. Her classes are for the most part African-American or Hispanic, and the South Bronx is one of the poorest districts in the country. While everyone in her class has a cell phone — most have iPhones — not all have home computers.”(more)