Pew Research Center

Social Media Use Continues To Rise in Developing Countries, but Plateaus Across Developed Ones Digital divides remain, both within and across countries BY Jacob Poushter, Caldwell Bishop and Hanyu Chwe ; Pew Research Center .-- Pew Research Center June 2018 .-- 46 p. gráf, tab

In recent years, there have been doubts raised about the overall benefits of internet access and social media use. Concerns or no, the share of people who use the internet or own a smartphone continues to expand in the developing world and remains high in developed nations. When it comes to social media use, people in emerging and developing arkets are fast approaching levels seen in more advanced economies. In addition, as people in advanced economies reach the upper bounds of internet penetration, the digital divide continues to narrow between wealthy and developing countries.

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