Last month, people-press.org posted a study done by the The Pew Research Center about internet usage. One of the first and main point from the report is that online usage has increased and this means the internet is not going anywhere in the near future.
The report stated, "Overall, 37 percent of the public - including more than half of those who go on the internet (55 percent) - say they regularly get news online. A decade ago, just 13 percent of the public, and 35 percent of internet users, went online for news at least three days a week."
Commentary: These stats prove the internet is still a growing outlet. There are still many places around the world where there is no internet access. Eventually these places will have to get with the program. News is becoming so fast paced with the use of online as an outlet. Newspapers are becoming out of date because they can only report yesterday's news. The internet allows the opportunity to report up to the second news. The internet outlet can be changed and modified, before a newspaper can print one story about a topic. Once everyone has access to the internet, then more people will be knowledgeable at a faster pace.
One of the most important statistics would have to be the amount of African-American users. The amount of users have tripled, but white users of the internet still dominates compared to black users. Whites use the internet for online news consumption 38 percent of time compared to blacks use for online news 24 percent of the time.
Commentary: The amount of broadband usage in personal homes for blacks has increased according to the Pew Research. Even though there has been an increase, whites still have the advantage because their internet usage continues to grow. African-Americans started out behind on this outlet. Ultimately, they will never be able to out grow their white counterparts. Blacks are still lacking on the concept of using the internet for news and they are more interested in watching videos, listening to music or checking out their social networking profiles. They do dominate whites in the aspect of using social networks.
The use of social networking is one the biggest things on the web right now. From the report, "Fully 65 percent of people 18 to 24 - 82 percent of those who go online - say they have a profile on MySpace, Facebook or another social networking site." Another point about the social networking is that blacks are more likely than whites to have a social networking page. Blacks use the internet for social networking 44 percent of the time compared to whites who use it 29 percent of the time.
Commentary: Social networking is popular because people are able to keep up with friends and make new friends. They are able to connect with people around the world and promote themselves. Blacks use these social networks to promote them self as an artist. Myspace allows people to post original music and expression and people all over the world can view their page.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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