This survey probed specifically on
tablet news consumption in the past 7 days.
Key findings from a survey report on
tablet news consumption by the Project for Excellence in collaboration with the Economist Group.
Not exact matches
A new video -
consumption app should be good
news, but it's really an attempt to compete with Amazon outside of
tablets.
Data from the RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey finds an average of 14 % of smartphone owners use them to read books, versus 41 % using
tablets for reading, three times greater than on smartphones.
Tablets are, by design, perfect content -
consumption devices (that's what 94 % of current
tablet owners do, said the OPA), and they're also great for web browsing, e-mail and getting your daily
news fix.
The biggest
news, though, is that we're working with a number of major publishers (and important smaller ones) to provide a storefront that contains deluxe digital graphic novels aimed at the «real mainstream,» the audience for graphic novels that reads Maus or Fun Home or Dotter of Her Father's Eyes but would never think of going into a comic shop guarded by a dodgy life - size statue of She - Hulk... We think the immersive «lean back» experience that
tablets provide, along with purchase ease - of - use and the ubiquitous availability that app stores provide, can, if handled right, create a sea change in the
consumption of graphic novels — and, if we have our way, the whole thing will have absolutely * nothing * to do with superheroes.
Subscription - based ebook reading is finally taking root,
news and magazine apps have been optimized for smartphone and
tablet consumption, and even browser - based scroller feeds offer headlines and story teasers to consumers throughout the day.
Noting «a spike in the ownership of both
tablet computers and ebook reading devices» in the holidays, Pew's people get at a broader implication of just how fast digital - content
consumption is growing by combining survey respondents who say they read books,
news, and / or periodicals in digital formats of one - kind or another:
Some of this decline may be tied to lower daily
news consumption among Android
tablet owners, the data indicates.
Unlike the three previous annual RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Surveys, which included users as well as non-users of smartphones and
tablets, this survey was confined to those who had standard - size smartphones and phablets — smartphones with screens that measure diagonally 5.1 — 6.99 inches.
When it was launched, many observers believed that the
tablet might help change the experience of
news consumers and the economic ground rules of digital
news consumption.
Tablets are supposed to be excellent media
consumption devices, so I did a few things like reading books /
news, watch video and listen to music.
When it comes to
news consumption on the
tablet, the social networking component - at least electronically - is still evolving.
As has been found in
news consumption habits more broadly, checking headlines is the most frequent type of
news consumption on
tablets.
One challenge for the
news industry is to understand and manage the degree to which the
tablet will take the place of
news consumption that had been occurring on other platforms.
The fact that this
tablet is great for
consumption is old
news, and there's not much more to be said on that topic.