The emergence of digital content has disrupted industries and institutions that have enjoyed relatively stable practices, policies, and businesses for decades. News organizations, record companies, broadcast and movie producers, and book publishers have all been dramatically affected by the change. So have libraries. Interest in e-books took off in late 2006 with the release of […]
The survey also looked more closely at the habits of those users who get news on their tablets at least weekly (77% of all tablet users). The findings may offer some encouragement to the news industry. For many, the tablet has meant more time spent with news, new sources for news and a better overall […]
About one-in-four tablet owners, 39%, use their tablet daily for social networking on sites like Facebook and Twitter. And 56% do so at least weekly-the same percentage that play games on their tablet at least once week. These are not exact comparisons to social networking habits on other devices, but a 2010 survey by the […]
Demographics and News Habits Tablet users tend to be more highly educated and have a higher household income than U.S. adults overall. In addition, more tablet users are in their 30s and 40s than the public overall, and they are more likely to be employed full time. About half, 51%, of tablet users have […]
Much of what drives replacement is the sense that what one is getting in the new form is somehow better than what one got previously-either in the format, function or content itself. Tablet news users were asked to give overall assessments of their news experience on these devices compared with before they had their tablet. […]
This report is based on findings from seven surveys conducted in the summer and early fall of 2011. Tablet Owner Phone Surveys The overall portrait of tablet computer users among the general public is based on aggregated data from five telephone surveys conducted on landlines and cell phones June 30-July 31, 2011 with national samples […]
Overview The local news and information environment is changing in ways that most people believe makes it easier for them to get the specific information they want about their communities. More than half of Americans (55%) say it is easier today to get the local information they want than it was five years ago. Just […]
Introduction Altogether, 43% of Americans age 16 and older have read long-form writing in digital format as of December 2011 – either e-books or newspaper or magazine material in digital form. We get that figure by combining those in the December survey who have read e-books with the 31% of those who regularly read news […]
