46 Million People in Indonesia 'Literacy' Internet

How many people of Indonesia are 'literate' internet?

The survey from the Nielsen Company said the number of access of the Internet in Indonesia has increased rapidly over the last five years.

"Of the eight percent five years ago, now has 20 percent of the total population of Indonesia," said Managing Director of Audience Measurement The Nielsen Company Indonesia, Irawati Pratignyo, as explained Nielsen Marketing and Media Presentation 2010, Thursday (9 / 12), as quoted by Antara .

That means there are as many as 46 million people from about 235 million people in Indonesia in 2010 had been accessing the internet. According Irawati, Internet users who five years ago was ranked the seventh most consumed media, now gone up to third grade.

But the highest media penetration is still held by television. Why?

Irawati said, television is still the media with the broadest coverage. Penetration level of 95 percent.

In addition to access of the Internet, Nielsen reported that there were an increase of the number of newspaper readers who also seek information from the Internet. From the survey looks, in the last five years, newspaper readers who also browse other news on the internet grew by nearly two times from 19 percent to 35 percent.

this is at once dismissed the notion that the Internet can only be enjoyed by middle class and above.

when viewed from the early advent of the internet is so, but over time bekembangnya anyone can enjoy the internet.

especially now many mobile phones that offer features to access the Internet with ease, anywhere and this kapanpun.hal INDONESIA make the Internet more and more popular, although still less competitive with other media such as television.

INDONESIA why the internet is still less popular with television?

There are several aspects that affect the television was still popular INDONESIA one of them is family entertainment television is a media that can be enjoyed free of charge, this is reversed with the Internet, because to access the internet a person must pay in advance, although many places that provide internet access free.

views of television history is already signed in Indonesia, when Indonesia was occupied by the colonial Dutch, although only the nobles but when it has entered keindonesia television.

according to ARIN and APNIC whois records, the Internet entered keindonesia on June 24, 1988, while the internet protocol (IP) register is the first time rill in UI-NETLAB (192.41.206/24) that is registered by the University of Indonesia.