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Daily Entertainment and Cultural Activities| Did yesterday | Jan. 1994
(percent) | April 1998
(percent) | April 2000
(percent) | April 2002
(percent) | April 2004
(percent) |
|---|
| Watched TV news | 72% | 59% | 56% | 55% | 60% | | Read newspaper | 49 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 42 | | Listened to radio news | 47 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 40 | | Any news1 | 90 | 85 | 83 | 80 | 82 | | Went online from home | — | 17 | 235 | 34 | 38 | | Went online from work2 | — | 12 | 135 | 20 | 20 | | Total online2 | 43 | 25 | 30 5 | 43 | 47 | | Online news | — | — | — | — | 24 | | Watched non-news TV | 69 | 644 | 57 | 59 | 63 | | Read a magazine | 33 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 25 | | Read a book | 31 | 354 | 356 | 34 | 35 | | Watched movie at home | — | — | — | 23 | 24 | | Made personal phone call | 63 | 67 | — | 63 | 66 | | Emailed friend/relative | — | — | — | 27 | 28 | | Ate family meal together | 64 | 67 | — | 63 | 65 | | Prayed | 56 | — | — | 66 | 66 | | Exercised/ran/sports | 26 | 36 | — | 39 | 38 | | Shopped | 23 | 30 | — | 27 | 28 |
1. For trending purposes, this measure includes only TV, newspaper, and radio news. 2. Based on weekdays. 3. From June 1995. 4. From November 1997. 5. From Pew Internet & American Life Project, April 2000. 6. From September 1999. Source: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
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