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.
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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 February 01, 2023, 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 February 01, 2023. 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: February 01, 2023. 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 February 01, 2023)
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/