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Usage of Traditional Devices for Media Activities

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)

Data shows the percentage of respondents who ever used traditional devices, e.g. TV, newspapers, etc., for media activities.

Data from Jan 2013 to Dec 2015

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

Chart (2014)

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UsageofTraditionalDevicesforMediaActivities.csv (210 rows, 7.3 KB)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Age
Text
Media activity
Text
Sample size
Numeric
Ever used
Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
201315-19Watch MediaCorp TV16197.1
201315-19Watch Singtel TV16132.9
201315-19Watch StarHub TV16139.5
201315-19Watch animation16130.9
201315-19Access news16187.4
201315-19Read magazines16146.7
201315-19Listen to the radio16157.9
201315-19Watch movies16177.1
201315-19Watch videos16132.4
201315-19Play video games16139.6
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1a88e269bf1d629b93fb5cafa189f9fb"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2016). Usage of Traditional Devices for Media Activities (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1a88e269bf1d629b93fb5cafa189f9fb/view

About this dataset

Contact

info@imda.gov.sg

Created on

29 Jun 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

IMDA (Info-communications Media Development Authority)