Q. Overall do you think the internet has been good or bad for the following:
Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | Good Aged 18-34 | Good Aged 35-54 | Good Aged 55+ | |||
Jobs | 64% | 9% | 20% | 44% | 22% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 72% | 62% | 59% | ||
Education | 69% | 9% | 25% | 44% | 18% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 74% | 64% | 71% | ||
Health | 52% | 12% | 13% | 39% | 31% | 9% | 3% | 5% | 55% | 45% | 57% | ||
The media | 44% | 28% | 14% | 30% | 25% | 18% | 10% | 4% | 53% | 39% | 44% | ||
Entertainment | 73% | 7% | 33% | 40% | 16% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 77% | 70% | 75% | ||
Global relations | 51% | 11% | 15% | 36% | 32% | 8% | 3% | 7% | 58% | 48% | 46% | ||
Your life in general | 65% | 6% | 20% | 45% | 26% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 67% | 65% | 64% | ||
Society in general | 49% | 20% | 11% | 38% | 28% | 14% | 6% | 3% | 50% | 45% | 54% |
A substantial majority believe the internet has been good for entertainment (73%), education (69%) and jobs (64%).
65% think it has been good for their life in general and 49% for society in general.
The only issue in some dispute was whether the internet was good or bad for the media (44% good/28% bad).
Those aged under 35 were more likely to think the internet had been good for jobs, education and the media while those aged 55+ were more likely to think it had been good for health and society in general.