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Urban Living - Media and Communications - US

Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.

Published: Dec. 1, 2006 - 103 Pages


Table of Contents




Scope and Themes

What you need to know

Definition

Figure 1: Racial and ethnic population division of U.S. urban areas, and Mintel’s division of its urban respondents, 2004

Figure 2: Racial and ethnic population division of the six largest U.S. cities, total U.S. population and Mintel’s urban sample, 2006

Figure 3: Composition of Mintel’s urban respondents, by city, 2006

Abbreviations and terms

Abbreviations

Terms


Executive Summary

Slowing population growth in cities

Diverse populations

Media channels expand with multi-tasking

Greater spending on specific types of entertainment

Hispanics and blacks lead busy, mobile, wired lifestyles, but TV still reigns

Growth potential for DVR

Web content readership grows while newspapers face decline

Opportunity for in-store marketing and company sites


Demographics

Introduction

Slowing population growth in cities

Figure 4: Population estimates for the 15 largest U.S. cities, 2000-05

An aging population

Figure 5: U.S. population projections, by age group, 2001-11

Figure 6: Median age of residents of the 15 Largest U.S. cities, 2005

Ethnic population trends

Figure 7: U.S. population by race/ethnicity, 2000-11

Smaller household size

Figure 8: Number of people per household, 1980-2000

Figure 9: Average household size, 1998-2008

Income and poverty levels

Figure 10: Income and poverty levels for the top 15 largest cities, 2005


Industry Overview

Introduction

Consumer media adoption and usage

Figure 11: Adoption of media and communications technologies, 2005

Figure 12: Graph: Adoption of media and communications technologies, 2005

Figure 13: Minutes per person spent consuming media per day, 2005

Figure 14: Average commuting times in select major U.S. cities, October 2006

Market size and industry players

Figure 15: 2006 Estimated media and communications spending (consumer and corporate

Figure 16: Largest U.S. media companies by revenue, 2004

Company profiles—who can compete today?

Time Warner Inc.

Tribune Co.


Spending Patterns

Introduction

Spending overview

Figure 17: U.S. income and expenditure levels, non-urban and urban areas, 2004

Figure 18: U.S. income and expenditure levels, urban areas by size, 2004

Figure 19: U.S. entertainment expenditures, non-urban and urban areas, 2004

Figure 20: U.S. entertainment expenditures, urban areas by size, 2004


Weekly Media Usage


Figure 21: Hours of media usage per week, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 22: Hours of media usage per week (means), non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 23: Hours of media usage per week (means), urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 24: Hours of media usage per week (means), urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 25: Hours of media usage per week (means), urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 26: Hours of media usage per week (means), urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 27: Hours of media usage per week (means), urban population, by household size, August 2006

Attitudes and Behavior towards Communications



Weekly communications usage

Figure 28: Weekly communications usage, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 29: Weekly communications usage, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 30: Weekly communications usage, urban population, by age, august 2006

Figure 31: Weekly communications usage, by income, 2006

Figure 32: Weekly communications usage, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 33: Weekly communications usage, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Attitudes to communications

Figure 34: Attitudes to communication, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 35: Attitudes to communication, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 36: Attitudes to communication, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 37: Attitudes to communication, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 38: Attitudes to communication, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 39: Attitudes to communication, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Cell phone feature usage

Figure 40: Cell phone feature usage, by non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 41: Cell phone feature usage over the last 7 days, by non-urban and urban center groups,

Figure 42: Cell phone feature usage, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 43: Cell phone feature usage, by Age, 2006

Figure 44: Cell phone feature usage, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 45: Cell phone feature usage, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 46: Cell phone feature usage, urban population, by household size, August 2006


Attitudes and Behavior towards Broadcast Media/DVR



Broadcast media usage

Figure 47: Broadcast media usage, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 48: Broadcast media usage, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 49: Broadcast media usage, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 50: Broadcast media usage, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 51: Broadcast media usage, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 52: Broadcast media usage, urban population, by household size, August 2006


DVR ownership and attitudes to purchase

DVR ownership

Figure 53: DVR ownership, August 2006

Attitudes to purchasing DVR by non-owners

Figure 54: DVR purchasing attitudes, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 55: DVR purchasing attitudes, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 56: DVR purchasing attitudes, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 57: DVR purchasing attitudes, urban population, by income, August 2006

Figure 58: DVR purchasing attitudes, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 59: DVR purchasing attitudes, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Figure 60: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 61: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 62: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 63: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 64: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 65: Owner/future purchaser attitudes to DVR, urban population, by household size, August 2006


Attitudes and Behavior towards Online and Print Media


Online media usage

Figure 66: Online media usage, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 67: Online media usage, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 68: Online media usage, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 69: Online media usage, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 70: Online media usage, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 71: Online media usage, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 72: Online media usage, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Newspaper readership

Figure 73: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 74: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, by gender, August 2006

Figure 75: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, by age, August 2006

Figure 76: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, by household income, August 2006

Figure 77: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 78: Newspaper readership, non-urban and urban center groups, by h ousehold size, August 2006


Attitudes and Behavior towards Advertising


Attitudes to advertising media

Figure 79: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 80: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, by gender, August 2006

Figure 81: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, by age, August 2006

Figure 82: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, by household income,

Figure 83: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, by race/ethnicity,

Figure 84: Advertising media enjoyment, non-urban and urban center groups, by household size,

Attitudes to online advertising

Figure 85: Online advertising attitudes, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 86: Online advertising attitudes, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 87: Online advertising attitudes, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 88: Online advertising attitudes, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 89: Online advertising attitudes, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 90: Online advertising attitudes, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Advertising used to find local sales

Figure 91: Advertising used to find local sales, non-urban and urban center groups, August 2006

Figure 92: Advertising used to find local sales, urban population, by gender, August 2006

Figure 93: Advertising used to find local sales, urban population, by age, August 2006

Figure 94: Advertising used to find local sales, urban population, by household income, August 2006

Figure 95: Advertising used to find local sales, urban population, by race/ethnicity, August 2006

Figure 96: Advertising used to find local sales, urban population, by household size, August 2006

Abstract

Urban residents are often on the forefront of product and technology trends. In this report, Mintel analyzes this important audience’s usage of media and communications products, in order to better understand this consumer group and gain information on future trends likely to impact the nation as a whole.

Specifically, this report analyzes the demographic composition of major cities; the major trends impacting the media and communications sectors; the amount and frequency of entertainment spending by urban residents; their usage of various types of media and communications; and their attitudes toward various types of media and communications, including TV, radio, print publications, online content and cell phones, among others. All results are compared against findings from non-urban respondents in order to provide an understanding of how urban residents’ attitudes toward and usage of media and communications compares to Americans on average.

A base of 1,788 adults aged 18+ who live in urban centers were surveyed. This sample was custom-selected by zip code, and compared to an additional 1,000 adults aged 18+ who are representative of the non-urban population. Both samples were monitored to ensure an appropriate demographic mix by race/ethnicity and gender, all other standard demographic profiling information was also obtained.



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