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New Media News from Tomás

I had several realizations that made me decide to include New Media as a major component of HispanicTips.

  1. For years I have kept myself informed about New Media in the pursuit of making HispanicTips more successful.
  2. I live New Media on a daily basis here with HispanicTips and CIMS. Honestly, there are not many individuals who have personally posted over 30k times.
  3. New Media may be one of the most powerful tools today and it is under-utilized by Hispanics.
  4. I am in the perfect position to educate, inform and advocate about New Media.
  5. It felt right and I wanted to.

Some Interesting Hispanic Data:

  • 44.3 million Hispanics in the US 1
  • 33.5 million (75%) of us speak only English or are bilingual 4+
  • Of 28.2 million Hispanic adults (18+) 2
    • 15.8 million (56%) use the internet. 5++
    • 4.6 million (29%) get news from the internet 4++
    • 3.5 million (75% of 4.6m) get all of their news on the internet in English 4++
    • 64% of native-born Latinos get all their news in English. 4
    • 78% of English-dominant Latinos use the internet, compared with 32% of Spanish-dominant Latinos. 5
    • 51% think English media does a poor job of providing relevant news - this jumps to 65% for English-only Hispanics 4
    • Of those expressing an interest in news
      • 53% were English-only 4
      • 40% were Bilingual 4
      • 23% were Spanish-only 4
  • Where do Hispanic voters get their news
    • 53% get all their news in English 4
    • 40% get their news from English and Spanish media 4
    • 6% get their all their news in Spanish 4
  • Advertising on a national Spanish news TV program would reach only 39% of Hispanic voters4
  • 54% of eligible voters registered in November 2006 3
  • 5.6 million (60%) of these registered voters actually voted representing 13% of the total Hispanic population 3
  1. US Census - 7/1/2006 - PDF
  2. US Census - 7/1/2005 - Excel Spreadsheet
  3. Hispanics and the 2006 Election - 10/2/2006 - Pew Hispanic Center
  4. Changing Channels and Crisscrossing Cultures: A Survey of Latinos on the News Media - 4/19/2004 - Pew Hispanic Center
  5. Latinos Online - 3/14/2007 - Pew Hispanic Center
  6. + means that I calculated a number using statistics from 3,4 or 5 with Census data #1
  7. ++ means that I calculated a number using statistics from 3,4 or 5 with Census data #2
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