Friday, 19 November 2010

Pay wall survey results:

1. What age are you?
16-24 - 69.4%
25-35 - 8.3%
35-40 - 11.1%
45-55 - 11.1%
50+ - 0%

2.Which title does your occupation best fit?
Student......................52.3%
Creative & social.......30.6%
Governmental.............5.6%
Banking & Money......2.8%
Service.......................2.8%
Other.........................5.6%

3. How often do you read online journalism? 
(specifically from sources that are also in print like newspapers)
Daily..............................61.8%
Weekly..........................23.5%
Monthly.........................2.9%
Every few months..........5.9%
Rarely or never.............5.9%

4. How often do you read print journalism?
Daily................................50%
Weekly............................44.1%
Monthly...........................5.9%
Every few months............0%
Rarely or never................0%

5. Do you, or would you consider, pay for any online journalism such as a subscription to The Times online?
Yes, I pay for an online subscription.....3.0%
Yes, I would consider paying online.....54.5%
No, I would never pay online.............. 42.4%

-if no to above question, please explain why. 
1.There's loads of free stuff there - I pay for print editions of the news I want to read on the train etc. Sometimes I also read the same free content at work etc

2.I don't hold enough interest in it. I'd rather just watch the news to keep up to date with what's happening.

3.Don't have the time or the money

4.I would prefer to get my news from a different source.

5.Information is freely available in multiple locations and the internet spreads this quickly so there is never really a need

6.I can get it free online.

7.I prefer to read through a physical newspaper then flick through internet articles.

8.I'm a working class girl...money is the issue for me.

9.I shouldn't have to!

10.Why pay for an online subscription when I can read it in real life?

11.it may not always be accessible     


 -if yes to above question please explain why you feel it's neccesary or acceptable to have to pay. 
1.Otherwise the poor guys doing the load of work won't get paid and it'd be like returning back to the dark ages with the exploitation of workers and that

2.As a journalist, I appreciate that content is very valuable and has taken time, the use of sources etc and should be appreciated.

3.If the content is strong/unique enough, I'd pay.

4.I BELEIVE THAT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE AN EFFORT TO DO WORK OF ANY SORT THEY SHOULD BE REWARDED IN CASH OR KIND

5.The last few years have provided free online journalism; we have become used to free access

6.We pay for print journalism so I believe that it is deemed reasonable to have to pay for online content. I do believe that the NOTW website should be 'pay per story' and not subscription. More people are likely to pay 17-20p per story than £1 for 24 hours.

7.Money well spent - keeping up to date with current affairs

8.Would need to cost less than buying the paper every day. Would need to have additional features AND have options to read on e-reader.

9.In order to help secure quality journalism. And if I'm offered something additional on the web which i won't access without subscription.

10.I don't think it's that acceptable to pay for something to read to gain information about the world. I do still have an online subscription because I'm very interested in reading things like that, so if that means I have to pay for it then so be it.

11.It would depend on what was on offer. If I would make use of extras, then yes. At the moment I can't see myself paying, but who knows what the future brings.

12.I'm not likely to in near future but if I used Ipad or similar I could imagine paying if it was cheaper and more convenient than paying for print journalism                           

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