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The Sky News Panel is your opportunity to share your views on a variety of topics and issues which interest you.
What Is The Sky News Panel?
The Sky News Panel is your opportunity to have your say on a variety of issues and topics which directly affect you. Joining up is free and couldn't be easier.
We'll e-mail you from time to time with details of new surveys. Completing them shouldn't take you more than a few minutes. The panel consists of people from all walks of life across the length and breadth of Britain. When you join we'll ask you a few questions about yourself which will help make our surveys more informative and useful. Your name won't be published, nor will any of your personal details. Using your panel registration credentials, you'll be able to log-in here and take part in any current surveys.
Many of our surveys are on news-related issues and the results will be published on Sky News. Occasionally we also undertake surveys for other companies who want your views on lifestyle and consumer topics. The results of all our surveys will be posted here. The panel is operated for Sky News by eDigitalresearch.com.
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Social Media Survey - November 2011
Does the panel share your views? This area of the site shows you results from recent Sky News surveys allowing you to see how the panel responded. Make your opinion count by joining the panel and completing surveys on topics and issues which are important to you.
Click here now to download a PDF of the results from the Social Media Survey.
When it comes to breaking news on major events, such as the death of Osama Bin Laden, or the recent riots in England, which of the following sources do you tend to use to keep up-to-date with what is happening? Please select all that apply.
Rolling news television was the most popular source used by respondents for keeping up-to-date with breaking news on major events. Fewer than one-fifth of respondents said that they use social networking or social media websites to keep up-to-date, with only 4% saying that this is their main source for doing so.
One way in which news can be shared online is by people talking about current news events on social networking sites, for example by commenting on events in a Facebook status update, or by tweeting about them on Twitter. Have you done any of the following
43% of respondents claimed that they had either written or read comments about a news event on social networking sites. However, only 35% said that they had clicked a link to share a news article they have found on a website, or read an article posted by someone else, whilst 11% had shared or read a link on a social bookmarking site.
Thinking ahead to the next 12 months, do you think you will use social networking and social media websites to find and share news information more, less, or the same amount as you do currently?
The majority of respondents did not anticipate any change in the frequency with which they use social networking and social media websites to find and share news information over the next 12 months, although around 20% anticipated either using them more or less.
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