Few Japanese web camera users
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japan.internet.com, in conjunction with JR Tokai Express Research, recently carried out some research to find out how people used webcams. They interviewed 334 people from all over the country; 71.6% were male, 18.0% in their twenties, 37.7% in their thirties, 30.2% in their forties, 12.6% in their fifties, and 1.5% in their sixtiees.
Unfortunately, this report of the survey results does not give any information about the frequency of use of these web cameras. I would not be surprised, however, if the average user uses it just once or twice then the novelty wears off, but perhaps I’m just biased as I have a dislike of appearing on camera, both still and moving!
Q1: Do you have a webcam connected to your PC? (Sample size=334)
| Have a PC with a built-in camera | 4.2% |
| Have a camera I bought separately | 16.8% |
| Use another type of camera (digital video camera, digital still camera, etc) | 6.6% |
| Don’t have one | 69.2% |
| Don’t know what it is | 3.3% |
Q2: Have you ever used a web cam? (Sample size=334)
| Have used my own webcam | 20.1% |
| Have borrowed a webcam to use | 11.1% |
| Never used one | 68.8% |
The following question was asked to those who have a web camera or have connected another type of camera to their PC to function as a webcam.
Q3: What sort of use did you make of a webcam? (Sample size=92, multiple answer)
| Votes | Percentage | |
| IM-based video chat | 40 | 43.5% |
| Skype video call | 19 | 20.7% |
| Recorded movie | 17 | 18.5% |
| Browser-based video chat | 16 | 17.4% |
| Taken still photos | 16 | 17.4% |
| Teleconferenced | 10 | 10.9% |
| Used other video phone service | 5 | 5.4% |
| Monitored house from outside | 4 | 4.3% |
| Live broadcasting | 4 | 4.3% |
| Monitored other room in the house | 0 | 0.0% |
| Never used it | 12 | 13.0% |
| Other | 3 | 3.3% |
One of the “other” uses mentioned was for English lessons.
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