Barb is part of the non-internet using demographic -

[Mourning Dove]

I just heard about this news report on NPR. This may explain why Barb doesn't use the internet or care about it.

One of the strongest patterns we see regarding Internet use is by age group: 44 percent of Americans ages 65 and older do not use the Internet, compared with 17 percent of the next-youngest age group (adults ages 50-64). A similar proportion (41 percent) of adults who have not graduated high school are offline, as are 24 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of those in households earning less than $30,000 per year. And 20 percent of rural residents say they do not use the Internet, significantly more than those living in urban or suburban areas (14 percent).

Barb fits the demographic of being 65+ years old, making less than $30,000 per year, and rural. I'm not quite sure if she hasn't graduated high school, but I wouldn't be surprise if that were true.

You can read the news report here: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/15-pe ... 8C11259298

 

[CatParty]

i hope they didn't spend a lot of money on researching something already known...

 

[TrippinKahlua]

No duh!

 

[Mourning Dove]

Even though this fact is pretty obvious, it's bizarre that the internet is nonetheless such a significant part of the Chandler household's lives.

 

[KatsuKitty]

Try not to make threads linking to news articles that have, at best, a tenuous connection to Chris.