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Lee Rainie
Director – Pew Internet Project
Newhouse MOB conference – NYC
6.24.10
The internet is the change agent
Then and now
2000 2010
46% of adults use internet 79% of adults use internet
5% with broadband at home 64% have broadband at home
50% own a cell phone 82% own a cell phone
0% connect wirelessly 59% connect wirelessly
<10% use “cloud” >two-thirds use “cloud”
0% = tech social networkers 48% = tech social networkers
THEN: slow, stationary NOW: faster, mobile
connections built around my connections built around
computer outside servers and storage
New news mediascape June 24, 2010 2
Internet and mobile phones are more important
Then and now
2000 2010
25% of adults use internet on 62% of adults use internet on
“average day” “average day”
28% go online to “have fun” 56% go online to “have fun” or
or “kill time” “kill time”
31% of internet users say 45% of internet users say
“very hard” to give up internet “very hard” to give up internet
(2009)
43% of cell owners say “very
hard” to give up phone 51% of cell owners say “very
(2006) hard” to give up phone (2009)
On typical day,
59% of adults
get new online and from
at least
one offline source
“Consumers” are in
charge of the news
playlist … and they want
to participate in the
news-gathering and
distribution process
New news mediascape June 24, 2010 25
Implication 3: Paradoxes abound (1)
Do you have a
favorite online
news source, or
do you not have a
favorite?
Do you have a
favorite online
news source, or
do you not have a
Only 15% of those with a favoritefavorite?
site – 7% of all
people who get news online – would be willing
to pay for continued access to that site
Lee Rainie
Director
Pew Internet & American Life Project
1615 L Street NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Email: Lrainie@pewinternet.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lrainie
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