Americans are going online to pass the time more than they were just a few years ago, according to a new study. A report from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that about 53% of young adults ages 18 to 29 go online on any given day for no particular reason except for a diversion or just for fun. About 81% of people in this demographic said they have done so at least occasionally. But it’s not just young web users that turn to the Internet during their down time – about 58% of all adults or 74% of online adults said they use the Internet this way, up from 45% of adults who said they did so in a 2006 survey. Pew noted that the growth of people using the Internet as a “destination for fun” coincides with the rise of broadband connections, social networking and video. The trend also suggests that the web is becoming a competitor to other kinds of other leisure activities.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Most People Go Online ‘For No Particular Reason’
Americans are going online to pass the time more than they were just a few years ago, according to a new study. A report from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that about 53% of young adults ages 18 to 29 go online on any given day for no particular reason except for a diversion or just for fun. About 81% of people in this demographic said they have done so at least occasionally. But it’s not just young web users that turn to the Internet during their down time – about 58% of all adults or 74% of online adults said they use the Internet this way, up from 45% of adults who said they did so in a 2006 survey. Pew noted that the growth of people using the Internet as a “destination for fun” coincides with the rise of broadband connections, social networking and video. The trend also suggests that the web is becoming a competitor to other kinds of other leisure activities.
