Social media overtakes TV as news source in Cambodia.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:20 am
Facebook trumps TV
Fri, 16 December 2016
Erin Handley
Facebook has, for the first time, overtaken television as the main source of news for Cambodian people – a trend that analysts say could threaten the ruling party’s grip on the Kingdom’s media coverage.
In an annual report focused on mobile phone use in Cambodia released by the Asia Foundation and Open Institute yesterday, the most important source of news for 30 percent of Cambodians was found to be Facebook and the internet, followed closely by television (29 percent), word of mouth (23 percent) and radio (15 percent).
The trend comes alongside a marked increase in smartphone ownership, with 48 percent of Cambodians owning one this year – more than doubling the percentage of just three years ago – and the fact that 76 percent of phones owned are now Khmer script-enabled.
The Asia Foundation’s country director Silas Everett said the study showed some “really significant trends for Cambodia”...
Full article: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/f ... -trumps-tv
Fri, 16 December 2016
Erin Handley
Facebook has, for the first time, overtaken television as the main source of news for Cambodian people – a trend that analysts say could threaten the ruling party’s grip on the Kingdom’s media coverage.
In an annual report focused on mobile phone use in Cambodia released by the Asia Foundation and Open Institute yesterday, the most important source of news for 30 percent of Cambodians was found to be Facebook and the internet, followed closely by television (29 percent), word of mouth (23 percent) and radio (15 percent).
The trend comes alongside a marked increase in smartphone ownership, with 48 percent of Cambodians owning one this year – more than doubling the percentage of just three years ago – and the fact that 76 percent of phones owned are now Khmer script-enabled.
The Asia Foundation’s country director Silas Everett said the study showed some “really significant trends for Cambodia”...
Full article: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/f ... -trumps-tv