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    Survey Results: The Right Pizza for Every Student

    For the third consecutive year we surveyed one-Ls during First Week library tours about their use of digital communication tools.  More than 690 students responded to questions about what form of electronic communication they used most often; what social networking site they used and how often; whether they subscribed to or read blogs or RSS feeds; how often they listened to podcasts; what computer and which web browser they used most often; and whether they have used their computer to view e-books.  And, as always, we asked for their favorite pizza topping.  With three years of data, we are beginning to see some trends.

    Although email remains the primary communication tool among the class of 2012/13, its dominance relative to text messaging continues to wane. The percentage of those favoring email fell this year to 55%, down from 62% in 2008 and 67% in 2007.  At the same time, entering students’ preference for text messaging rose to 35%, up from 31% in 2008 and 24% in 2007.  Facebook has now clearly displaced almost all other social networking sites, with 87% of survey respondents naming it as the site they use most often.  Frequency of use has also increased, with 39% reporting logging on to the site more than once per day, compared to last year’s 28% figure.

    While 36% of this year’s class subscribe to or read blogs (up from 32% in 2008), the number of students subscribing to or reading RSS feeds remained small, at just 11%, down from 2008’s 14% figure.  Podcast use remained about the same as last year, with 29% reporting having downloaded or listened to 1-5 podcasts (compared to 32% for 2008) and 16% reporting having downloaded or listened to more than 5 (compared to 15% for 2008).

    The popularity of Macs compared to PCs continued to rise, climbing to 39% from last year’s 31%.  Firefox continued to increase in popularity as the browser of choice with a 40% share.  Internet Explorer trailed at 30%, while Safari placed third at 21%.

    A new question this year asked whether students had used their computer to view any e-books.  Approximately 40% responded they had, while 56% responded they had not.

    Finally, we observed the continuing supremacy of pepperoni as the pizza topping of choice, favored by nearly 26% of the incoming class.  Mushrooms repeated as the number two choice at 16%.

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