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Where and when you want. To see the latest episode of “Farmer Wants a Wife ‘, you do not stay at home anymore. With digital TV, Netflix and watch Dutch Uitzendinggemist their favorite programs when it suits them. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced today that the rate has increased online TV viewers between 2005 and 2014 twenty-six to sixty-three percent of Internet users.
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“The roles are completely reversed Previously you could choose:.. if you take the show on, or you look at it today you can watch programs whenever you want,” says Professor Irene Costera Meijer, Professor of Journalism at the Free University of Amsterdam . According to her, the power lies not in the hands of television, but in the hands of the viewer. Now you decide what you watch.
Will the phenomenon zapping then gradually disappear? Costera Meijer thinks not. “Zapping is a so-called ‘lean back activity’, where you look out of boredom to the tube, slumped on the sofa with a glass of wine in hand.” According to the endowed chair is a retrospective look very different user action. “Then you look with more attention. It’s ‘lean forward’, you consciously choose a program, have expectations, and give it a chance.” Digital television will not replace the zapping, because the two are opposite to each other. “The Roel finches’ zapping the viewer should really trigger before he or she is stuck.
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especially more older people on the Internet
The CBS also announced that nine out of ten people make daily use of the Internet. In 2005, 68% of the Dutch active on the Internet. The fast connection, improved access to the worldwide web and a larger online offerings are the main causes of this development. Especially the elderly have created an online catch-up. Over three quarters of Internet surfers from 65 to 75 years last year used the Internet daily, while in 2005, forty-three percent. Especially sending emails with attachments, Internet calling and browsing through search engines has increased in recent years among the elderly. At young people between 12 and 25 years increased mainly the use of mobile Internet.
It is striking to notice that the laptop and smartphone supplant the PC and desktop. Especially regarding the new consumption mobile devices prove popular. “That has to do with the check behavior. To a lesser extent there is extensive taken time to watch or read what is happening in the world.” Instead often and briefly checked what are the most important new developments. When you are with your laptop on your lap in bed for example, or on the train with your smartphone.
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