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Today's selection of cuttings and submissions (updated Thurs Oct 18 2018)
Internet, social media use and device ownership in the US have plateaued Read more
...over the last two years, according to the Pew Research Center. Social media sits at 69% in 2018, as it did in 2016, cellphone at 95% (NB not all of these are smartphones), and Internet usage at 88-9%. However this slightly masks other trends towards the technologies - for example the proportion who are 'smartphone only Internet users' has risen from 12% to 20% in that time. Read it
Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's fastest-growing mobile region
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According to a GSMA survey. The region - including 37 countries ranging from South Africa and Nigeria, to Angola, Cameroon, and Mali - has led the world in mobile take-up growth in the past few years, 'though a range of issues now threaten that momentum. Three-quarters of the population (747m people) have a SIM connection, but mobile subscriber penetration is just 44 percent, well behind a global average of 66 percent. Read it
In-store tech usage - including those who don't...
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As part of a multi-country study of shopping habits published this summer, YouGov examined the retail preferences of 2,700 respondents. The study revealed that almost one in five affluent US consumers avoid technology usage while in store. Plus some other top lines from the study. Read it
RECENT FEATURES from around the industry...
'MRT' indicates exclusive to this section; 'WEB' indicates links to other items of interest from the Web - external sites
NEW for October: 
Mobile ethnography and the curse of the 'over question'. '...instead of just sharing the moment, your participant is now distracted with five questions to answer during their shop'. Participants should be able to share their experiences as easily and as quickly as breathing, says Further - yet there's always pressure to ask more. Read on for tips on coping with this. (WEB).
An Essential Guide to Mobile Ethnography. Traditional ethnographers... are often social anthropologists and psychologists, who enter the 'habitat' they want to study, documenting their observations using film and audio recording, as well as pen and paper. In the new discipline, the participants themselves are the researchers, capable of documenting and sharing their lives via mobile phones and other portable devices. Download the complete Guide from Further (WEB).
Maximizing Mobile Study Effectiveness - smaller grids and shorter, well-targeted questionnaires... Toluna's Nathan Wimble writes on the GreenBook Blog (WEB)
In the News...
Christmas and New Year
19/12/24
This issue covers two days' news and is the last DRNO of 2024. It's been a busy year for us, and has finished with a flurry of ad bookings which bode very well for the next one. We'd like to thank you all for your support and interest and wish you a Merry Christmas, a restful break and a wonderful 2025. More.
Nielsen Adds Attention Measurement from Realeyes
19/12/24
Nielsen has enhanced its Outcomes measurement suite via a collaboration with attention measurement firm Realeyes. The upgrade aims to 'bridge creative evaluation with brand and sales lift' to help clients produce more effective ads. More.
New Board Advisors and Partnership for Behavix
19/12/24
Behavioral data specialist Behavix Inc. has added three to its Board and announced a partnership with MR data platform Datality. The new advisors are Ipsos veteran Gareth Deere, former Comscore and Verto Analytics researcher Vinayak Nair, and former SSI / Dynata exec Nicolas Nore. More.
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