This is really interesting.
Can you imagine a situation where 35% of television viewers or radio
listeners published content to the television or radio.
... definitely a fundamental change in media ... Richard
On 6/1/06, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> I've just posted an overview of the latest report from the Pew
> Internet & American Life Project, which focuses on home broadband
> access in the US and who's posting content to the Internet. Broadband
> access is up across the board, with middle income family access
> growing at the fastest rate. English-speaking Latinos are now almost
> as likely (41%) to have broadband at home as white families (42%),
> while African American families lag a bit behind (31%). Income and
> education levels continue to remain major barriers, though growth was
> seen at all levels. DSL access has become more affordable, though many
> more households cite speed as their reason for getting broadband (57%)
> compared to the lowering of cost (3%), suggesting that more people are
> willing to pay for it in order to gain the benefits of high-speed access.
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> To me, though, the most interesting part of the report focuses on
> online content publishing. Overall, 35% of Internet users - 48 million
> people - have posted content to the Internet. Broadband users are more
> likely to post online content than dialup users - 42% versus 27%. This
> is especially true of bloggers and people who manage their own
> websites. While an average of eight percent of Internet users publish
> their own blog, 11% of broadband users had blogs, compared to only
> four percent of dialup users. And amazingly, lower-income users were a
> bit more likely to post content online than higher-income users, while
> whites _lagged_ behind African Americans and English-speaking Latinos
> - 32%, 39% and 42% respectively.
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> You can download the 26-page report here:
> http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/184/report_display.asp
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> My overview of it can be found here:
> http://www.andycarvin.com
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> http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/06/new_report_says_broa.html
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