You can view the results of the survey we did in class today. I’d be interested in hearing your analysis of it. As a point of comparison, you may also want to take a look at the study from the Pew Internet and America Life Project where I got the set of questions from:
As I compared the results of both our in class activity and the actual Pew Internet survey, I noticed many similarities. Stated in the Pew Internet summary of the survey, were statements regarding the types of resources people from different living areas would use. For example the summary stated, people living in urban and large cities tend to want more of a variety in where they obtain there news. Whether it’d be from local news or the Internet, they use it all. I thought there was a correlation between our survey results in class and that statement. According to our in class survey, and under the assumption that a majority of us live in large cities such as NY or NJ, we see a similar trend the Pew Internet summary was referring to. Also mentioned in this summary was the fact that suburban, rural and small residents rely on more traditional ways of obtaining news (television, radio, local news). These results can also relate to the results of our in class survey seeing as how a majority of us rely on the Internet, Twitter, etc.
Here is the link of the surveys summary:
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Communities-and-Local-News/Summary-of-Findings.aspx