The Net and Do-It-Yourself
p2pnet.net News:- More Americans use the Net for DIY information than visit chat rooms.
But finding do-it-yourself info (55%) is a less common activity than getting news (72%) or researching research on products and services (78%), say Pew Internet & American Life Project findings from a national phone survey of 1,450 adult internet users between February 21 and March 21.
Using the internet as a go-to reference desk for “how-to” help comes naturally to people with always-on Net connections and more than two-thirds (69%) of internet users who have high-speed connections at both home and work have sought “how-to” resources online, says Pew.
That compares to 61% of home broadband users and 55% of home dial-up users who seek do-it-yourself information.
“Similarly, while 5% of all internet users will search online for do-it-yourself advice on a typical day, 11% of those who have high-speed connections all around them will seek some type of instructional information on an average day,” it says.
See:-
Pew – Do-it-yourself Information Online, June 8, 2005
