Each time we run the survey the first-year and sophomore respondents are answering it for the first time. By comparing one survey’s first-year’s or sophomore’s answers to another survey’s first-year’s or sophomore’s answers respectively we can look for trends in how the general technology landscape is changing.
As we conduct the survey each time the set of questions we ask evolves, depending on what we need to know for upcoming projects (e.g. when we ran the first survey we had a major phone project impending and needed to know how many students had/used their land-lines), depending on answers from previous surveys (e.g. since mobile phones reached 100% penetration in 2009 we’ve changed that area of questioning to be more about what kind of phone people have and how they use it), and depending on new technology (e.g. in 2012 we started asking about tablets). As a result, the items covered on this page don’t necessarily match exactly with the questions on any given survey, and sometimes data for a given survey are derived rather than being explicitly asked. With all that in mind, here’s what we know about how the use of technology is changing:
Phones
Has a land line phone
There is a clear and strong trend away from having a land line phone. As of the 2013 survey we stopped asking whether a student has a land line.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
67% |
30% |
12% |
12% |
0% |
– |
So |
54% |
21% |
0% |
4% |
0% |
– |
Has a cell phone
There is a clear and strong trend for having a cell phone. The campus had 100% (plus or minus survey margin of error) cell use by 2009. The question going forward is less about whether a student has a phone and more about what it can do (e.g. can browse the web, or run apps, or just make and receive calls).
These results may be skewed by the fact that the surveys are web-based – it’s not at all unlikely that a potential respondant that doesn’t have a phone is also less likely to answer a web-based survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
88% |
96% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
So |
92% |
99% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
What kind of cell phone
Has a smart phone (i.e. one capable of accessing the web and/or running apps)
This number has implications for the questions about how the phone is used.
NOTE: the definition of a smart phone shifts over time – a ‘smart’ feature in 2009 might be a basic feature in 2012.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
20% |
27% |
63% |
94% |
So |
– |
– |
10% |
23% |
70% |
87% |
First-year
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2012 |
2013 |
Simple/basic |
– |
– |
80% |
73% |
37% |
3% |
iPhone |
– |
– |
8% |
8% |
46% |
75% |
Blackberry |
– |
– |
12% |
12% |
14% |
0% |
Palm/Trio |
– |
– |
2% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
Windows |
– |
– |
0% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
Android |
– |
– |
– |
0% |
9% |
19% |
Other smartphone |
– |
– |
6% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Simple/basic |
– |
– |
90% |
77% |
27% |
18% |
iPhone |
– |
– |
4% |
14% |
47% |
73% |
Blackberry |
– |
– |
4% |
7% |
10% |
5% |
Palm/Trio |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Windows |
– |
– |
2% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Android |
– |
– |
– |
2% |
13% |
9% |
Other smartphone |
– |
– |
0% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
Combined first-year and sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Simple/basic |
– |
– |
85% |
76% |
32% |
9% |
iPhone |
– |
– |
6% |
12% |
46% |
74% |
Blackberry |
– |
– |
8% |
9% |
12% |
2% |
Palm/Trio |
– |
– |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
Windows |
– |
– |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
Android |
– |
– |
– |
1% |
11% |
15% |
Other smartphone |
– |
– |
3% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
How the cell phone is used
We did not ask about this on the 2006 survey.
The question allows a respondant to choose multiple answers, so the percentages often won’t add to 100% (and if they do, it’s just a coincidence). The percentages are the porportion of the respondants of that class that answered that question.
The answers here are also greatly influenced by the capabilities of the phone that the respondant has. Since we ask about using it for phone calls every person that has a phone at all can answer yes to that. The items that require more advanced phone features (e.g. email) will be capped at roughly the percent of people that have smart phones (see the previous item). It’s also worth noting that the definition of a ‘smart phone’ changes over time – what was a smart phone feature in 2009 might in 2012 be considered a part of a basic/simple phone.
Text messaging
Since we’re interested in function more than how it’s implemented, this item combines SMS and any other text-based chat tool (e.g. AIM, gChat, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
93% |
100% |
88% |
97% |
%100 |
So |
– |
90% |
98% |
96% |
96% |
%100 |
Email
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
9% |
22% |
27% |
63% |
90% |
So |
– |
6% |
8% |
20% |
54% |
79% |
Taking pictures
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
72% |
71% |
69% |
63% |
93% |
So |
– |
53% |
62% |
64% |
93% |
95% |
Sharing/sending pictures
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
29% |
45% |
42% |
38% |
47% |
So |
– |
29% |
42% |
51% |
36% |
63% |
Looking at pictures
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
31% |
39% |
42% |
59% |
87% |
So |
– |
26% |
20% |
36% |
68% |
69% |
Watching video
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
8% |
16% |
19% |
41% |
47% |
So |
– |
5% |
4% |
11% |
36% |
42% |
Recording video
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
11% |
16% |
19% |
41% |
57% |
So |
– |
8% |
6% |
%<15/td> |
54% |
79% |
Listening to music
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
6% |
20% |
31% |
47% |
90% |
So |
– |
7% |
10% |
20% |
50% |
74% |
Web browsing
NOTE: we did not ask about general web browsing on the 2013 survey
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
9% |
20% |
31% |
40% |
– |
So |
– |
7% |
6% |
24% |
38% |
– |
Calendar/scheduling
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
25% |
49% |
31% |
63% |
73% |
So |
– |
18% |
30% |
40% |
61% |
65% |
GPS
This is probably pretty tightly linked to phone capabilities and general GPS system capabilities.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
3% |
10% |
27% |
47% |
80% |
So |
– |
5% |
6% |
9% |
61% |
84% |
Blogging
We didn’t ask about blogging specifically on the 2013 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
1% |
2% |
4% |
3% |
– |
So |
– |
1% |
0% |
2% |
12% |
– |
Games
We didn’t ask about games on the 2008 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
32% |
35% |
23% |
63% |
So |
– |
– |
18% |
22% |
8% |
53% |
Games
We didn’t ask about games on the 2008 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
32% |
35% |
23% |
63% |
So |
– |
– |
18% |
22% |
8% |
53% |
Video call
We didn’t ask about video calls before the 2012 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
94% |
50% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
89% |
68% |
new in 2013
As of 2013 we added several new categories of use
Read (ebooks, PDFs, etc.)
We didn’t ask about reading before the 2013 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
40% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
37% |
Write
We didn’t ask about writing before the 2013 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
13% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
11% |
Take Notes
We didn’t ask about taking notes before the 2013 survey.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
17% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
11% |
Computers
The data in this section is presented in a slightly different format. The answers are indicated in the rows, and there are three separate tables: one first-year only, one sophomore only, and one combined first-year and sophomore.
In some years we asked about netbooks and hand-helds/palmtops, but the answers were never above 0, so they’ve been excluded from this summary.
This single biggest trend this reveals is the shift from Windows to Mac. Also, laptops continue to slowly whittle away at the few remaining desktops.
Starting in 2012 we changed this question a bit – instead of forcing respondents to rank their devices (primary, secondary, etc.) we ask about frequency of use. A device is then counted as ‘primary’ if its use at least once a day or more. This means that the totals starting in 2012 can be higher than 100% (e.g. if someone has a laptop they use daily and a tablet they use hourly).
Starting in 2013 we added e-reader to the list of device types. We also started including listing for lab machines (mac and windows desktops).
First-year
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
NO COMPUTER |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Windows desktop |
6% |
3% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
Windows laptop |
60% |
55% |
44% |
38% |
15% |
22% |
Mac desktop |
3% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
3% |
Mac laptop |
29% |
40% |
50% |
54% |
76% |
72% |
lab machine – windows |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
9% |
lab machine – mac |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
22% |
Linux desktop |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Linux laptop |
0% |
0% |
0% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Tablet |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6% |
13% |
e-reader |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
9% |
Total desktop |
9% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
9% |
Total laptop |
90% |
95% |
94% |
96% |
91% |
94% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Total Windows |
67% |
57% |
50% |
42% |
15% |
38% |
Total Mac |
32% |
42% |
50% |
54% |
79% |
97% |
Total Linux |
0% |
0% |
% |
4% |
0% |
0% |
Sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
NO COMPUTER |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Windows desktop |
13% |
3% |
0% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
Windows laptop |
57% |
54% |
40% |
43% |
10% |
36% |
Mac desktop |
2% |
1% |
2% |
0% |
3% |
5% |
Mac laptop |
26% |
41% |
54% |
54% |
77% |
64% |
Linux desktop |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
3% |
0% |
Linux laptop |
2% |
1% |
4% |
2% |
7% |
0% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Tablet |
– |
– |
– |
– |
7% |
32% |
e-reader |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14% |
Total desktop |
14% |
4% |
2% |
2% |
10% |
9% |
Total laptop |
83% |
95% |
98% |
98% |
93% |
100% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Total Windows |
69% |
57% |
40% |
45% |
13% |
54% |
Total Mac |
28% |
42% |
56% |
54% |
80% |
82% |
Total Linux |
2% |
1% |
4% |
2% |
10% |
0% |
Combined first-year and sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
NO COMPUTER |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Windows desktop |
9% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
6% |
Windows laptop |
59% |
54% |
42% |
41% |
13% |
28% |
Mac desktop |
2% |
2% |
1% |
0% |
3% |
4% |
Mac laptop |
28% |
41% |
52% |
54% |
77% |
69% |
Linux desktop |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
2% |
0% |
Linux laptop |
1% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
0% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Tablet |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6% |
20% |
e-reader |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
11% |
Total desktop |
11% |
4% |
4% |
2% |
6% |
9% |
Total laptop |
87% |
95% |
96% |
98% |
92% |
96% |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Total Windows |
68% |
57% |
45% |
44% |
14% |
44% |
Total Mac |
30% |
42% |
53% |
54% |
80% |
90% |
Total Linux |
1% |
0% |
2% |
2% |
5% |
0% |
Internet
The question allows a respondent to choose multiple answers, so the percentages often won’t add to 100% (and if they do, it’s just a coincidence). The percentages are the proportion of the respondents of that class that answered that question.
The results are group into 4 categories: Communication, Creative/productive, Entertainment, and Personal. However, these groupings provide only a very general perspective / guide – one could argue that participating in a forum is more about Creation/production for some people, and Entertainment for others.
Starting in 2013 we split this question by technology type (phone, tablet, or laptop/desktop) and asked users to mark all that applied. For the purposes of this longitudinal work we’re simply counting the highest value from those categories, on the assumption that most of the time a person will be performing the same action on multiple devices – this may lead to slight under-counting and we might have to shift this methodology in the future.
Communication
Social-site messaging
NOTE: we stopped asking about this specifically in 2012 – this is covered in the more general Social Networking section just below.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
86% |
80% |
– |
– |
So |
– |
– |
82% |
84% |
– |
– |
Social networking
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
71% |
84% |
93% |
100% |
So |
– |
– |
54% |
64% |
88% |
94% |
Professional networking
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
-% |
-% |
17% |
13% |
So |
– |
– |
-% |
-% |
27% |
55% |
Direct Communication (chat, voice call, video call)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
76% |
64% |
80% |
93% |
So |
– |
– |
62% |
61% |
81% |
89% |
LEGACY: Participating in email lists / groups
NOTE: as of 2013 we combined the question about email lists and forums – we’re more interested in the activity of online discussion than the specific tech used to achieve that).
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
27% |
24% |
– |
– |
So |
– |
– |
32% |
61% |
– |
– |
LEGACY: Participating in forums / discussion boards
NOTE: as of 2013 we combined the question about email lists and forums – we’re more interested in the activity of online discussion than the specific tech used to achieve that).
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
14% |
20% |
60% |
– |
So |
– |
– |
20% |
13% |
58% |
– |
Online discussion (participating in forums / discussion boards / email lists)
NOTE: as of 2013 we combined the question about email lists and forums – we’re more interested in the activity of online discussion than the specific tech used to achieve that). The earlier data from when the questions were separate is combined below – the composite for email list + forum use is: the larger plus 1/2 the smaller.
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
34% |
34% |
60% |
70% |
So |
– |
– |
42% |
68% |
58% |
78% |
Creative/productive
Publishing images (e.g. flickr, picasa, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
20% |
36% |
63% |
63% |
So |
– |
– |
24% |
23% |
75% |
84% |
Publishing your writing / blogging
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
12% |
0% |
13% |
7% |
So |
– |
– |
10% |
13% |
31% |
11% |
Micro-blogging (e.g. status updates, twitter, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
16% |
20% |
23% |
30% |
So |
– |
– |
12% |
21% |
31% |
56% |
Publishing videos (e.g. youtube, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
8% |
0% |
50% |
17% |
So |
– |
– |
6% |
5% |
50% |
26% |
Contributing knowledge (e.g. wiki editing, book reviews, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
8% |
4% |
50% |
50% |
So |
– |
– |
2% |
4% |
58% |
56% |
Document sharing (e.g. slideshare, dropbox, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
10% |
12% |
63% |
70% |
So |
– |
– |
22% |
16% |
69% |
61% |
Office tools (e.g. google docs, etc.)
NOTE: starting in 2013 we split Office Tools into a question separate from Document Sharing – data from before that will be identical from one to the other
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
10% |
12% |
63% |
93% |
So |
– |
– |
22% |
16% |
69% |
83% |
Entertainment
Passive entertainment (e.g. watching videos, reading comics, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
84% |
80% |
91% |
97% |
So |
– |
– |
92% |
88% |
89% |
89% |
Active entertainment (e.g. games)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
20122013 |
FY |
– |
– |
39% |
52% |
47% |
33% |
So |
– |
– |
42% |
36% |
27% |
33% |
Personal
Calendaring / scheduling
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
18% |
24% |
47% |
% |
So |
– |
– |
24% |
18% |
61% |
% |
Reading / watching news
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
78% |
88% |
90% |
77% |
So |
– |
– |
78% |
80% |
88% |
94% |
Managing projects
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
6% |
4% |
– |
– |
So |
– |
– |
2% |
4% |
– |
– |
Personal journaling
%
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
4% |
0% |
– |
– |
So |
– |
– |
10% |
– |
– |
Academic / College
Research
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
74% |
88% |
93% |
100% |
So |
– |
– |
82% |
88% |
81% |
94% |
Course work / Glow
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
97% |
93% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
92% |
100% |
Formal / professional / academic writing
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
77% |
77% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
73% |
89% |
College info (e.g. facility hours, game times, etc.)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
FY |
– |
– |
– |
– |
93% |
97% |
So |
– |
– |
– |
– |
85% |
89% |
Social networking
First-year
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Facebook |
– |
– |
– |
75% |
100% |
100% |
Myspace |
– |
– |
– |
29% |
0% |
0% |
Friendster |
– |
– |
– |
4% |
0% |
0% |
LinkedIn |
– |
– |
– |
4% |
9% |
6% |
LiveJournal |
– |
– |
– |
13% |
0% |
0% |
Google+ |
– |
– |
– |
– |
24% |
34% |
Sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Facebook |
– |
– |
– |
43% |
97% |
100% |
Myspace |
– |
– |
– |
22% |
3% |
0% |
Friendster |
– |
– |
– |
9% |
0% |
0% |
LinkedIn |
– |
– |
– |
6% |
14% |
29% |
LiveJournal |
– |
– |
– |
31% |
0% |
0% |
Google+ |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14% |
5% |
Combined first-year and sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Facebook |
– |
– |
– |
53% |
98% |
100% |
Myspace |
– |
– |
– |
24% |
2% |
0% |
Friendster |
– |
– |
– |
8% |
0% |
0% |
LinkedIn |
– |
– |
– |
5% |
11% |
15% |
LiveJournal |
– |
– |
– |
26% |
0% |
0% |
Google+ |
– |
– |
– |
– |
19% |
23% |
Email
As of 2012 we stopped asking about how often email was checked (it was always checked at least 1/day, and mostly more often) and instead focused on how students prefer to communicate with various population / categories of information. In the interests of saving space and making this more comprehensible the data shown here is for combined First-year and Sophomores (no split-out shown).
from Friends
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
55% |
57% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
83% |
96% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
28% |
30% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
52% |
46% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
13% |
7% |
from Family
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
83% |
83% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
55% |
57% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
55% |
50% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
8% |
15% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
13% |
13% |
from Classmates
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
13% |
13% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
61% |
69% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
81% |
78% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
34% |
33% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
5% |
4% |
from the college – academic
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
0% |
2% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
98% |
96% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2% |
4% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
17% |
17% |
from the college – administrative
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2% |
6% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
95% |
100% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3% |
0% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
17% |
15% |
from the college – social / campus life
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
2013 |
Phone call |
– |
– |
– |
– |
0% |
2% |
Text/SMS |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6% |
11% |
Email |
– |
– |
– |
– |
95% |
81% |
Social site message |
– |
– |
– |
– |
45% |
56% |
Hard-copy / paper |
– |
– |
– |
– |
14% |
6% |
LEGACY DATA
Primary email account
First-year
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Williams |
– |
87% |
65% |
54% |
– |
Google |
– |
– |
22% |
31% |
– |
Hotmail |
– |
– |
4% |
8% |
– |
Yahoo |
– |
– |
4% |
4% |
– |
Other |
– |
13% |
4% |
4% |
– |
Sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Williams |
– |
93% |
74% |
79% |
– |
Google |
– |
– |
24% |
16% |
– |
Hotmail |
– |
– |
0% |
4% |
– |
Yahoo |
– |
– |
2% |
0% |
– |
Other |
– |
7% |
0% |
2% |
– |
Combined first-year and sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Williams |
– |
91% |
70% |
71% |
– |
Google |
– |
– |
23% |
21% |
– |
Hotmail |
– |
– |
3% |
5% |
– |
Yahoo |
– |
– |
2% |
1% |
– |
Other |
– |
9% |
2% |
2% |
– |
Check email how often
First-year
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Many times per day |
– |
– |
69% |
62% |
89% |
Few times per day |
– |
– |
31% |
35% |
11% |
Every few days |
– |
– |
0% |
4% |
0% |
Weekly |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Rarely |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Many times per day |
– |
– |
84% |
80% |
93% |
Few times per day |
– |
– |
16% |
20% |
7% |
Every few days |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Weekly |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Rarely |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Combined first-year and sophomore
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
Many times per day |
– |
– |
77% |
74% |
91% |
Few times per day |
– |
– |
23% |
24% |
9% |
Every few days |
– |
– |
0% |
1% |
0% |
Weekly |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Rarely |
– |
– |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Williams-specific
NOTE: this question was removed as of 2013
Uses Williams-provided network storage space (Achilles)
|
2006 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2012 |
FY |
– |
32% |
37% |
4% |
– |
So |
– |
68% |
63% |
96% |
– |
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