PCs part of the waking routine
Advertisementjapan.internet.com, in conjunction with Cross Marketing, conducted an internet-based survey amongst 300 internet users, 50.3% female, to see what internet habits they had. 16.7% of the sample was aged 18 or 19, and 16.6% were from each of the other decades of life from the twenties to the sixties. I’m not sure how exactly work computers are suppposed to figure in this survey.
I think the results on SNS usage are particularly interesting – I’ve felt to some degree that SNSs are basically a more private form of blogging, so I’d love to see a more detailed survey on why people participate in SNS, or write blogs for that matter!
Personally, on the whole I switch on my home PC in the late evening (say past 9pm or so), and with this blog requiring rather a lot of work, I have little time for other activities bar mail.
Q1: At what times do you turn on your computer? (Sample size=300, multiple answer)
Timing Votes Percentage When needed 158 52.7% Soon after waking 79 26.3% After evening meal at home 73 24.3 Soon after returning home from work or school 55 18.3% Before bedtime 49 16.3% Soon after arriving at work 42 14.0% Always keep PC switched on 28 9.3% Before evening meal at home 22 7.3% At lunch break and other free times 16 5.3% Before leaving for work or school 15 5.0% During evening meal at home 3 1.0% Other 1 0.3% Never switch on the PC myself 0 0.0% Note that only 9.3% of people keep their PC on all the time; whether the high number who power off is due to people worrying about viruses, electricity bills, fire, noise, or any other reason, this survey did not investigate.
Q2: Please tell me what sort of sites you often view. (Sample size=300, multiple answer)
Type of site Votes Percentage Yahoo! and other portals 254 84.7% General information site 153 51.0% Blog 78 26.0% Business-related news site 69 23.0% 2 channel 51 17.0% Bulletin board (BBS) other than 2 channel 46 15.3% mixi or other Social Networking Services (SNS) 33 11.0% General news site 32 10.7% Diary other than blog 14 4.7% Other 5 1.7% No internet site I view often 2 0.7% Note that this 11.0% reporting that they use SNSs regularly compares unfavourably with a previously-translated survey on SNSs that found that 43.9% of the sample were currently participating in an SNS, suggesting that most SNS users are basically not very active. This is backed up by the next question, where 9.0% report that they write content for an SNS, suggesting that there are very few people who just monitor their SNS’s status.
Q3: What sort of things do you often do or use on the internet? (Sample size=300, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage 275 91.7% Internet shopping 198 66.0% Internet auction 112 37.3% Movie/TV/etc download service 64 21.3% Home page creation or maintainance 51 17.0% Instant messenger 48 16.0% Update my own blog 48 16.0% Music download 33 11.0% Net game 30 10.0% Write content for mixi or other SNS 27 9.0% Write content for 2 channel or other BBS 23 7.7% Text chat other than messenger-based 10 3.3% Skype or other IP phone 10 3.3% Winny or other file sharing software 8 2.7% Video chat 3 1.0% Other 5 1.7%
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