"Let Them Use AOL": Upper-Class Searchers Prefer Google

As the role of the Internet has grown, there have been persistent fears that the less wealthy in society would be left out, due to lack of access to hardware, the Internet or broadband. Although these concerns have lessened as dropping prices and public access programs have increased Internet use across the socioeconomic spectrum, a study in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology suggests that a new divide is becoming apparent: The wealthier and better-educated are better equipped to find and evaluate material on the Internet.

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