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quarta-feira, dezembro 08, 2004

Inglaterra - A web torna-se num importante veiculo de expressão individual

Fast web access is encouraging more people to express themselves online, research suggests.
A quarter of broadband users in Britain regularly upload content and have personal sites, according to a report by UK think-tank Demos.
It said that having an always-on, fast connection is changing the way people use the internet.
More than five million households in the UK have broadband and that number is growing fast
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More significantly, argues the report, broadband is encouraging people to take a more active role online.
It found that one in five post something on the net everyday, ranging from comments or opinions on sites to uploading photographs.
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BBC
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One quarter of broadband users in the UK have personal websites while 18 per cent post something online every day and just over half post comments and opinion on others' websites, according to new research commissioned by AOL from think-tank Demos.
John Craig, co-author of the report, Broadband Britain: The end of asymmetry?, said in a statement that broadband is shifting power from institutions and putting it "into the hands of the individual".
Internet use is becoming ever more pervasive in Britons' live with 59 per cent of broadband users saying they log on before breakfast and 21 per cent surfing in the middle of the night.
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Silicon.com
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