World Internet Project
July 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am by David FarrarThose who like facts and figures will have no end of them in the NZ report as part of the World Internet Project. It is probably the most comprehensive study of NZer’s use of the Internet. Some interesting stats:
- 79% of NZers use the Internet
- 15% of users are online for over 20 hours a week (half a fulltime job)
- 66% of users have broadband
- 71% of users say the Internet is an important source of information, compared to 52% for newspapers and television
- 10% of NZ Internet users have a blog (this is a very high figure internationally)
- 28% of users use Facebook or other social networking sites
- 25% of users have made friends with someone online and half of those have gone on to meet them in person
- 15% seek info about political parties or MPs online
- 43% support Government funding to enable wider Internet access while 34% oppose it
- Almost 80% of teenagers visit social networking sites, and 40% of those in their 30s do so.
- Over 30% of Asian users have a blog, compared to under 10% for Pakeha and around 3% for Maori
- Around 20% of those in their teen or 20s have a blog, and slightly more females than males
- The more you earn the less likely you are to blog
It will be interesting to see how it has changed in a few years.
UPDATE: Paul Reynolds has a great post on what theimplications of the suvey are for NZ.
Related posts:
- 2009 World Internet Project
- Morality on the Internet
- Russia and the Internet
- Internet Hall of Fame global connectors
July 30th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Make the most of the figures you can currently get
In a few months they will be meaningless. The current state of the internet will no longer be the norm.
Powerful interests (including political parties, news media and their ilk) are already planning how to restrict access to the subset of sites they want you to access and how to charge you for the privelege.
Freedom of access to ‘information’ will be severely restricted and only the powerful will retain that access and privelege
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July 30th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
“The more you earn the less likely you are to blog” – wonder if that takes age into account…
Vote:July 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Dave
Vote:Will you elaborate as this sounds a very disturbing development that may need vigourous attacking – a list of political supporter would be useful too.
As a generalisation I perceive increasing numbers of the majority who seek news/information from the ineternet no longer look to MSM as their preferred source – advertisers should take note. This also supports the theory that the internet is now the equivalent of the “Wagons circling the Indians” – and now the covers are off, the guns are loaded and the shooting has begun which supports the reason why “Powerful interests” would seek to shut it down to preserve their own positions of influence. Trouble is it may be too late, Viz the futile attempts by the Music industry to shut down file sharing etc. I recall that when GW Bush was discovered spying on his citizens a Uni prof set up the broad equivalent of a personal Wiki allowing contributors to post info they had on local/national politicians/business etc and oh boy did this reveal some interesting connections. So it easy see why those with influence would prefer their activities be kept secret.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Dave-c-, I bet the left would like to restrict “certain sites”. But seriously the genie is out of the bottle and restrictions on internet “information” would be like a red flag to a bull. You would want to be very powerful and very rich to fight off the cyber attacks from the pissed off masses, look at certain sites and companys that have been brought to heel because they pissed the users off. And surly any restricting of “information” would become counter productive, given the competion for consumer dollars and ideas. I’m picking restricting internet access would be a bit like tryng to hold back the tide.
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