African Americans love to tweet.(talking points: What You Need To Know)(using Twitter)(Table)

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Twitter is the leader of the pack among African American social networkers, according to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit research organization. The study shows that Twitter users are slightly more racially and ethnically diverse than the overall U.S. population. Among Internet users, 16% of African Americans use Twitter or similar status update services, compared with 9% of white users.

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