New poll on tech term recognition finds mixed recognition of web 2.0

Posted May 10th 2006 2:58PM by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Filed under: paradigm shifts

New Harris Interactive poll (via microsoft) finds that amongst adults in the US:

32% indicated they are not sure how best to describe VoIP
71% have never heard of RSS
46% said they aren't clear on the definition of tagging
79% of US adults are aware of blogs, approximately 17% typically read them.

Those are some wacky numbers, but what are you going to contest them with? 18 month old numbers from Pew? Cynicism? 54% of adults in the US think they are clear on the definition of tagging? Given how low the rest of these numbers are, I presume they mean touching some one you're chasing or spray painting a wall. None the less, those are the most recent numbers we've got as far as I can tell. Thanks due to IT Facts.

Reader Comments

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1. Keep in mind that we live in a country(US) where
51% of adults do not believe in evolution.
92% believe in god and 82% believe in miracles.

Umm, I forgot my point...Oh yea, we are dumb.

Posted at 8:02PM on May 10th 2006 by Lec Jonson

2. 79% aware of blogs is very good. I wouldn't complain!

Posted at 9:19PM on May 10th 2006 by Elginite

3. I wouldn't exactly think that this is a measure of the population's intellect. I think it is more of an indicator of how things are communicated to the populace.

Posted at 2:37AM on May 12th 2006 by Clair Ching

4. Good call on that Clair! I don't know what's at fault for sure, but hopefully it's not that people are stupid!

Posted at 2:42AM on May 12th 2006 by Marshall Kirkpatrick

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