Survey Report!
"Text messaging power digital
communication"
Cell
phones are owned by overwhelmingly large majorities of people in most major
countries around the world, and they are used for much more than just phone
calls. In particular, text messaging is a global phenomenon – across the 21
countries surveyed, a median of 75% of cell phone owners say they text.
Texting
is widespread in both wealthy nations and the developing world. In fact, it is
most common among cell phone owners in two of the poorest nations surveyed:
Indonesia and Kenya.
Many
also use their mobile phones to take pictures or video. A median of 50% use
their cell phones in this way in the 21 countries polled. Fully 72% of Japanese
cell phone owners take pictures or video, as do roughly six-in-ten in Mexico
(61%), Spain (59%) and Egypt (58%). Fewer users access the internet via cell
phone, although more than four-in-ten mobile phone owners use their device to
go online in Israel (47%), Japan (47%) and the United States (43%).
The
survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project, conducted March
21 to May 15, also finds that social networking is popular in many nations
around the globe. This is especially true in Israel (53%) and the U.S. (50%),
where half or more say they use social networking websites. More than
four-in-ten use these sites in Britain (43%), Russia (43%) and Spain (42%).
Social
networking is generally more common in higher income nations; however, this is
largely driven by the fact that wealthier countries have higher rates of
internet access. People in lower income nations who have online access use
social networking at rates that are as high, or higher, than those found in
affluent countries.
In
nearly every country, the young and the well-educated are especially likely to
embrace all of these technologies. People under age 30 and college graduates
tend to use their cell phones for more purposes than those in older age groups
and those without a college degree, and they are also more likely to use social
networking sites.
Sumber: www.pewglobal.org
