[eccr] Europeans prefer TV, newspapers to the net

Europeans prefer TV, newspapers to the net
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While almost all Europeans watch television, more than half don't own a
computer and only about a third regularly access the Internet,
according to results of a European Commission poll.

The EC and Eurostat survey of 16,162 Europeans aged 15 and more found
that just 35 percent of those interviewed surf the Web. Ninety-eight
percent of Europeans watch TV and 46 percent read local or national
newspapers at least five times per week.

While the Net has some way to go before it overtakes more traditional
forms of entertainment or information retrieval in Europe, it has become
invaluable for those who do go online.

Nine percent of Europeans surf the Web every day, the study found. The
most popular activities are e-mail communication for work or among
friends and family, followed by information research and job
applications. 

The study found the Internet was most popular in Scandinavia and the
Netherlands. In Sweden, 67 percent of those interviewed use the Net,
making the nation the most wired in Europe.

Illustrating the extremes when examining adoption in different European
nations, the study said 75 percent of those in Greece and Portugal do
not use a computer.

Source: 
http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=3411&PHPSESSID=c7308f2314e0174df
2f7cdbe53968e0a&width=800 - Bizreport

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