Gadget Ownership By Generation [CHART]

via marketingprofs.com growing share of seniors own a cell phone, according to separate research from Pew. Nearly seven in ten (69%) adults ages 65 and older say they have a mobile phone, up from 57% in May 2010. Even among those now age 76 and older, 56% report owning a cell phone of some kind,…

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TV Advertising Influence Wanes With Age [CHART]

via marketingcharts.com Data from TVB’s “Media Comparisons 2012″ indicates that a plurality of respondents across all age groups believe that TV influences their purchase decisions the most. Interestingly, 18-34-year-olds are the most likely to report this (40.8%), with TV’s influence declining with age, to 36.5% of 35-64-year-olds and 32.7% of those aged 65 and older.…

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Online Sources For Political Information, By Generation [CHART]

via emarketer.com Overall, news websites were the most commonly tapped resource for those looking for political information online; 47.7% of likely voters used them. But news sites were especially important among those ages 55 or older, with 53% of respondents from this group relying on them. Voters ages 18 to 34, no surprise, were significantly…

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53% Of Seniors Are Online [CHART]

via marketingcharts.com The proportion of American adults aged over 65 who use the internet or email has passed the 50% threshold for the first time, reaching 53% in April 2012, per survey results [pdf] released in June by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. This represents a significant uptick in growth: in August 2011…

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2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Search Demographics

REPUBLICAN 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEARCH VOLUME     Google LISTEN To The Daily Numbers podcast [MP3] 34.9% of the monthly searches for Republican presidential candidates were for Ron Paul. Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann had the next largest slices of the search pie with 19.1% each. Mitt Romney follows with 10.5%. Newt Gingrich got 7% of…

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