Most Young Filipinos Use Web for Gaming, Social Network: Survey

Most young Filipinos use web for gaming, social network: Survey

MANILA, June 30 (Xinhua) — Gaming and social networking have emerged as primary reasons why young Filipinos use the Internet, local media reported on Saturday.

Citing a recent survey by DigitalFilipino.com, a report by Inquirer news network said that majority (more than 70 percent) of gamers play in Internet cafes even though they have Internet connections at home.

Almost 90 percent of 375 respondents in this year’s survey are aged 25 or below, said the report, noting that most of the respondents spend 12 to 24 hours a week surfing the web.

DigitalFilipino.com started its annual Internet user survey in 2002. In previous surveys, respondents cited research and e-mail as main reasons why they go online.

Now, respondents still mention research as the main reason but next comes gaming, entertainment and logging on to social networking sites like Friendster and MySpace.

“Gaming as a reason to go online did not exist before, even in last year’s survey,” said Jannette Toral who runs DigitalFilipino. com.

“Some users even use Friendster as their email platform because all their friends use it as well,” said Toral.

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