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posted by martyb on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the staying-connected dept.

Why don't anyone go outside and play?

Since the internet became mainstream less than 20 years ago, faith in traditional institutions and consumption of traditional media has also been displaced by faith in newer, digital institutions and consumption of newer, digital media, according to the 15th annual Digital Future Report recently produced by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future.

In the years since the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future published its first Digital Future Report in 2000, the internet has evolved from a secondary medium to an essential component of daily life.

Over the course of that time:

  • Overall internet penetration has increased from 67 to 92 percent.
  • Total hours per week online has steadily increased from 9.4 to 23.6.
  • Internet usage at home has risen from 3.3 to 17.6 hours per week.

[...] Perhaps the largest change affecting our online behavior over the life of the report was the introduction of the iPhone and other smartphone technologies in 2007, which increased the internet's always on—and always with us—technology capabilities.

Since 2010 alone:

  • People who use their phone to access the internet has skyrocketed from 23 to 84 percent.
  • Use of smartphone email has nearly quadrupled from 21 to 79 percent.
  • The use of mobile apps increased from 49 to 74 percent.
  • GPS location service use has gone from 12 to 71 percent.
  • The percentage of people who stream music on their phone has increased from 13 to 67 percent.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:23AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:23AM (#627072) Journal

    how much of this usage is driven by wage slaves being "contactable" at all hours, vs people streaming the latest must-watch show?

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday January 24 2018, @01:38PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @01:38PM (#627120)

    Overall internet penetration has increased from 67 to 92 percent

    And thats just the pr0n webm files! I really should look into a career in stand up comedy, or maybe not.

    Seriously though, only about a third of the population is employed in any form and is paying for and carrying the other two thirds, so stats like "17 hours per week" would imply if its solely or mostly work at home for free, thats something like 60 hours per week per every employed american, or more likely if its the half the population who COULD work at home (which is an optimistic fraction...) that would imply 120 hours per week per employed workable at home american. So probably almost entirely binge watchers.

    I had the joy of catching the flu last week, and the flu is the only thing that makes me binge watch amazon prime (which I "need" for free shipping and the video is a nice free addon). So last time I had the flu was the last season of battle star galactica reboot, and I watched the whole season, and this time around I watched the first half of "The Sopranos" which I'd never seen. Not really all that good, not gonna bother watching the rest.

    Looking at the younger generations my daughter "listens" to all her music on youtube and physical media, paid streaming services, and legacy radio is dead to her and her little friends. My son watches somewhat more varied youtube chewing gum for the mind type of stuff, but the ratio is about the same. Products like newspapers and magazines are as foreign to modern kids as clay tablets, I mean I don't subscribe to them but I at least have them on my radar, but the next generation doesn't even consider them worthy of making jokes about them, for example.

  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday January 24 2018, @06:30PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @06:30PM (#627273) Journal

    My internet use has skyrocketed since we cut the cord. We're just using it to watch TV, though, so from my perspective nothing has actually changed.