Around 80% of all news available on the Internet originates in newspapers.
Ref: New York Review of Books (US).

Of the 120,000 blogs created daily, 50% are about the same subject – the writer.
Ref: Esquire (US).

All South Korean police stations now have cyber crime units to deal with online violence and bullying.
Ref: BBC (UK).

Five of the top ten best-selling novels sold in Japan during 2007 started life as cell-phone stories (i.e. digital downloads to mobile phones).
Ref: South China Morning Post (China).

The use of libraries has doubled in the US over the past decade.
Ref: NPR.org (US).

The Web uses 5% of global electricity.
Ref: Kevin Kelly.

In a recent US study, only 3 out of 220 students were able to turn off their cell phones for 72 hours.
Ref: Fox News (US).

52% of Korean infants aged 3-5 regularly use the Internet, spending on average 4 hours every week online.
Ref: Korean Herald (Korea).

Two decades ago there were 225 TV programmes in the UK that were watched by more than 15m people. 2 years ago there were only 10.
Ref: Prospect (UK).

Almost 80% of 16-18 year olds in the US cannot name the 4 largest TV networks in the US (NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox).
Ref: CNN (US).

67% of people aged 16-25 claim that they would be ‘lost’ without a computer versus 46% that would be ‘lost’ without a television.
Ref: Red Herring (US).

In 2002 the average American spent more on lottery tickets than books.
Ref: Iconoculture (US).

36% of US high-school students believe that the US government should approve news stories prior to publication or broadcast.
Ref: Harpers (US).