Comments on: Pew surveys young Americans on e-reading, but the data is old http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/23/pew-surveys-young-americans-on-e-reading-but-the-data-is-old/ The economics of digital content Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Laura Hazard Owen http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/23/pew-surveys-young-americans-on-e-reading-but-the-data-is-old/#comment-166880 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:46:54 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219457#comment-166880 Thanks for the comment. Actually, both usages for data — singular and plural — are accepted nowadays especially in non-academic writing. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jul/16/data-plural-singular)

And when it comes to device ownership, which is what this study is about, behaviors do change fast, especially when you’re talking about young people and holiday gifts.

]]> By: Tom Streeter http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/23/pew-surveys-young-americans-on-e-reading-but-the-data-is-old/#comment-166874 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:21:53 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219457#comment-166874 The word ”data’ is plural. Anyone competent to report — much less criticize — a study knows that. So the data aren’t ‘old.’ Yes you’ve regurgitated a lot of spin and press releases over the last year, but attitudes and behaviors out in the real world (where no one has ever heard of this publication) don’t change that fast.

]]> By: Gregg Alpert http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/23/pew-surveys-young-americans-on-e-reading-but-the-data-is-old/#comment-166093 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:32:31 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219457#comment-166093 Interesting to see 16 to 29 segment more likely to read on a cell phone than an e-reader. I predict this number has increased in the last year and would also expect that the desktop and laptop will become much less popular for content consumption as prices continue to decline on e-readers and tablets and they become more accessible to a wider audience as well as the experience on those devices continuing to improve.

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