(Our Tech Blog) The Internet is as important as water, food, air and shelter to one third of people with Internet access, according to an international survey of Cisco. About half say they do not consider that important, but it's close, according to the report of Cisco Connected World Technology Network.
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Cisco surveyed 2853 people almost evenly divided between college students and recent graduates university employees ages 21 to 29 in 14 countries. Groups were divided equally between men and women.
The survey gave a slightly different twist on the issue, offering three options to choose from and said it describes the attitude of the best: I could live without the Internet, I could live without the Internet, but it would be a struggle, could not live without the Internet.
Among college students, 55 percent say they could not live without the Internet compared to 62 percent of new graduates with jobs. Another 30 percent or more in both categories said they could survive, but it would be a struggle.
Increased number of students (40 percent) are on the Internet as the most important when stacked against the party (25 percent), dating (13 percent) and music (10 percent). They prefer to have Internet access than a car, a 64 percent to 36 percent.
Quoted from pcworld, One of the things we rely on the Internet for news, with 77 percent of students saying they get their news and other information via the Internet or other communications with the support of laptops, desktop computers and smartphones. TV comes in a distant fourth at 7 percent and newspapers, magazines and books behind by 7 percent. The results are similar for the working group.
The survey also asked the college graduates with work on the way we regard social media Facebook and Twitter. The results: 81 percent of employees who deal with Facebook at least once a day. Twitter is less popular, with 42 percent of its members to check at least once a day. Facebook also claims a higher percentage of members - 88 percent - up from Twitter - 42 percent.
Most employees also seem willing to include people working in their social networks. Users of Twitter, 68 percent are co-workers, bosses, or both. The rest say they keep their personal lives and work separately. With Facebook, 70 percent of users friend co-workers, bosses, or both.