Wow I don’t know how accurate these stats are; But if this is true with cellphones and computer usage this high probably between 15-25% of the population uses the internet, we could support great products in the mobile and web parts of the local tech industry.<\/p>\n
Still TV but\u2026
\nIn the Philippines, television still has the biggest influence on the voters at 70+%, higher than the 22% of the Internet.
\nUnlike in the US, where majority of voters belong to the middle class, most Filipino voters belong to the D and E social classes. Many of them, especially in the provinces, don\u2019t have access to the Interent.
\nNevertheless, Ong sees big potential in new media.
\n\u201cTelevision is still the most influential. But new media might replace some of the mediums we are used to in the past. We want to know how viable it will become. This is our attempt to begin to explore [a] cyberspace campaign,\u201d Ong said.
\nLim said there are around 28 million Internet users in the Philippines. Out of this number, around 18 million are voters. \u201cThis is a huge number and the pie is growing,\u201d he said.<\/strong>
\nIn the 2007 elections, Lim said there were only about 10 million Internet users in the Philippines. Around 60% or 70% of the users then accessed the Internet in their offices. Now, around 60% to 70% of Internet users go to cafes.<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis is a people\u2019s campaign. To be honest, this is an experiment. We don\u2019t have much money. I had to be creative. Since we could not go mainstream, this is the most fertile [medium],\u201d Ong added.
\nvia Noynoy does an ‘Obama’, taps new media | ABS-CBN News Online Beta<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wow I don’t know how accurate these stats are; But if this is true with cellphones and computer usage this high probably between 15-25% of the population uses the internet, we could support great products in the mobile and web parts of the local tech industry. Still TV but\u2026 In the Philippines, television still has … <\/p>\n