Internet, for fun

It was suspected but now a study by U.S. research center has made ​​it patently clear: 53% of Internet users connect to the Internet prior for no reason only to kill time and entertain .

The study, published today was conducted by the Pew Research Center among Americans over 18 years, calls into question the widespread use of this knowledge network as a tool to study or work. These numbers contrast with those collected in 2000, when only 29 percent said occasionally use internet for fun, according to Efe.

In addition, the report shows a clear trend of particular use Internet as age increases. Thus, more than half of people aged 18 to 29 years subject to the study reported that daily surf the Internet without any special order just for the fun involved. This percentage decreased among people 30 to 49, 37% to sail without a specific goal, while the stretch from 50 to 64 that low hesitancy to 27%.

Source of entertainment
In addition, the study shows how over the years Internet users have turned more often to this medium as a source of entertainment, especially since 2005, when he began the emergence of broadband, video and social networks . The report notes that one of the reasons for the widespread use of internet for fun is that in recent years has incorporated other forms of leisure and now can watch TV, listen to radio, play or read.

The pollsters also asked what was usually the main reason for using the Internet, to which 58% replied that "for fun", with an incidence of 80% between 18 and 29.