Owners of phablets were much more likely to respond to advertisements embedded in news stories and videos than owners of standard smartphones, according to the latest Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute mobile media poll.
1. Phablets likely to boost
responses to embedded
ads in news stories
Owners responded more frequently
to embedded ads using large-screen
smartphones than with other devices
Roger Fidler
RJI Program Director for Digital Publishing [Retired]REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey
2. 25%
56%
45 +
18-44
Owners who said they had responded
to one or more ads embedded
in news stories or videos in the past week
Percent of all smartphone owners who also owned these devices within each age group
REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
STANDARD SMARTPHONE
PHABLET [LARGE-SCREEN SMARTPHONE]
TABLET
PERSONAL COMPUTER
35%
75%
45 +
18-44
28%
66%
45 +
18-44
31%
55%
45 +
18-44
40%
OVERALL
57%
OVERALL
47%
OVERALL
41%
OVERALL
3. 7%
19%
45 +
18-44
Owners who said they had responded
to five or more ads embedded
in news stories or videos in the past week
Percent of all smartphone owners who also owned these devices within each age group
REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
STANDARD SMARTPHONE
PHABLET [LARGE-SCREEN SMARTPHONE]
TABLET
PERSONAL COMPUTER
11%
34%
45 +
18-44
8%
24%
45 +
18-44
12%
24%
45 +
18-44
13%
OVERALL
24%
OVERALL
16%
OVERALL
17%
OVERALL
4. Average number of responses to ads
embedded in news stories or videos
by device owners in the past week
Average number of responses by smartphone owners who also owned these devices within each age group
REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey 0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
STANDARD SMARTPHONE
PHABLET [LARGE-SCREEN SMARTPHONE]
TABLET
PERSONAL COMPUTER
1.7
4.1
45 +
18-44
1.0
3.2
45 +
18-44
1.5
3.1
45 +
18-44
0.8
2.6
45 +
18-44
1.7
OVERALL
3.0
OVERALL
2.1
OVERALL
2.2
OVERALL
5. 59%
84%
45 +
18-44
Owners who said they had consumed
content provided by news organizations
in the past week
Percent of all smartphone owners who also owned these devices within each age group
REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
STANDARD SMARTPHONE
PHABLET [LARGE-SCREEN SMARTPHONE]
TABLET
PERSONAL COMPUTER
80%
92%
45 +
18-44
68%
76%
45 +
18-44
87%
87%
45 +
18-44
69%
OVERALL
86%
OVERALL
72%
OVERALL
87%
OVERALL
6. 65%
51%
45 +
18-44
Smartphone owners who said
they had used these devices
in the week prior to taking the survey
Percent of all smartphone owners who also owned these devices within each age group
REPORT THREE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey 0 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
STANDARD SMARTPHONE
PHABLET [LARGE-SCREEN SMARTPHONE]
TABLET
PERSONAL COMPUTER
36%
49%
45 +
18-44
42%
49%
45 +
18-44
75%
67%
45 +
18-44
59%
OVERALL
41%
OVERALL
45%
OVERALL
71%
OVERALL
7. About the 2015 RJI Mobile Media Survey
This survey was conducted for RJI in June 2015 by Ipsos, one of the world’s largest
market research companies. It included 1,001 U.S. adults. The questionnaire was
drafted by Samuel Tham, a graduate student in the Missouri School of Journalism,
under the guidance of Esther Thorson, RJI’s director of research.
Unlike the three previous annual RJI Mobile Media News Consumption Surveys,
which included users as well as non-users of smartphones and tablets, this survey
was confined to those who had standard-size smartphones and phablets —
smartphones with screens that measure diagonally 5.1 – 6.99 inches.
Ipsos maintains a database that collects demographic information from commercial
list brokers. Individuals in this database are offered incentives to participate in various
surveys. For this survey, Ipsos sought to match respondents as close to the U.S.
population as possible.
About the Reynolds Journalism Institute
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute engages media professionals, scholars
and other citizens in programs aimed at strengthening journalism in the service of
democracy. RJI generates and tests new techniques and new thinking that promise
to improve journalism.
REPORT 0NE
Results from 2015 RJI Mobile Media
News Consumption Survey
8. RJI Mobile Media Research Project
https://www.rjionline.org/research/rji-mobile-media-project
Roger Fidler
Program Director for Digital Publishing [Retired]
FidlerR@rjionline.org
(573) 808.2137