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Article: 'Tech elite' choose Web over TV; Traditional forms of news, entertainment now less important.(BUSINESS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2003
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Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A growing number of Americans would rather surf the Web than channel surf.
More than a third of Americans are more likely to download music, create a Web page or edit a digital movie than watch television, says a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
This group, which Pew calls the "technology elite," is starting to abandon traditional forms of communication for cell phones, personal digital assistants and other wireless devices.
The technology elite spends $169 per month - 39 percent more than the average American - on high-speed Internet service, cable or satellite television ...