China vs US Internet use
Deb Fallows of the Pew Internet and American Life project spoke about “Comparing Popular Online Activities in the US and China” at the recent Chinese Internet conference (July 21-22, 2006) in Singapore.
The numbers confirmed what many emphasized at the conference - the Internet is an entertainment medium in China and used very differently than in the US. Fallows’s numbers illustrate this dramatically. For 19 “common tasks” done online, here are the notable ones.
Task (Percent of respondents in China - US)
- Send an instant message/ICQ (67 - 47)
- Look for job info (61 - 44)
- Play online games (84 - 36)
- Download music (85 - 25)
- Chat online (68 - 22)
There were also significant splits for “Study online” and “Create a blog” but I will post those numbers when I get the full paper in my hands.
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