The graph shows the opinions of so-called "ambivalent networkers" regarding their level of difficulty in giving up mobile phones and the internet. 48 percent of respondents would find it very hard to do without the internet.
How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet?
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Pew Research Center. (March 25, 2009). How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet?." Chart. March 25, 2009. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2009). How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "How Hard Would It Be for You to Give up Your Cell Phone or The Internet?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2009, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
How hard would it be for you to give up your cell phone or the internet? [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 25, 2009. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/266812/opinions-on-the-indispensability-of-mobile-phones-and-internet-in-the-us/