Time Series Analysis Findings from the Annual Media Consumption Report 2018

The Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Institute of Media Environment, located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and headed by Masataka Yoshikawa, has been conducting its Annual Media Consumption Report as a way to study and analyze how sei-katsu-sha interact with media touchpoints since 2006. Here we report on changes in the media environment uncovered by time-series analysis of media contact time and media reputation.

1. Total media contact time at a record high 396.0 minutes, thanks to increased digital media contact time.
2. Digital media’s share of all media contact exceeds 50% for the first time, at 50.4%.
3. Feature phones/smartphones tops media reputation in “essential for conversations with friends,” “it’s a habit,” and “useful.” (Of the 42 media reputation items, feature phones/smartphones ranked No. 1 in 17, the most of any of the media)

1. Media contact time is at a record high 396.0 minutes, thanks to increased digital media contact time.

Total daily media contact time (weekly average) is higher than ever at 396.0 minutes, 18.0 minutes more than last year. There were large increases in the digital media feature, namely feature phones/smartphones (up 12.9 min.), computers (up 7.3 min.), and tablets (up 4.9 min.), while contact with the mass media dropped, except magazines (up 0.4 min.). Computer contact time had been decreasing year by year since its peak of 81.7 minutes in 2011, but increased for the first time in seven years to 66.6 minutes. At 103.1 minutes, contact with feature phones/smartphones topped 100 minutes in for the first time.

2. Digital media’s share of all media contact exceeds 50% for the first time, at 50.4%.
The percentage of all media contact accounted for by digital media (total for computers, feature phones/smartphones and tablets) is 50.4, topping 50% for the first time since survey began. The share of mobile devices (total for feature phones/smartphones, tablets) has been growing year by year, and at 33.6% has now exceeded 1/3 of all media contact.

3. Feature phones/smartphones tops media reputation in “essential for conversations with friends,” “it’s a habit,” and “useful.”

In media reputation, feature phones/smartphones surged. The percentage of respondents who say “it’s a habit” rose 5 points (59.1% in 2017 to 64.1% in 2018). “Essential for conversations with friends” rose 6.2 points (45.0% in 2017 to 51.2% in 2018), bettering TV, and “has useful information” rose 2.3 points (46.3% in 2017 to 48.6% in 2018), overtaking computers and TV to take top spot. Feature phones/smartphones topped 17 of 42 media reputation items, the most of any of the media.

All figures for the Tokyo region

■ Survey design
Survey area: Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi and Kochi prefectures
Sampling method: Random Digit Dialing (RDD) (including some survey monitors extracted by RDD)
Survey method: Postal survey
Subjects: Males and females aged 15–69
Sample configuration: 2,513 samples in four areas (641 from Tokyo, 627 from Osaka, 627 from Aichi, 618 from Kochi)
Age and gender groups weighted according to the FY 2017 Basic Resident Register
Survey period: January 25–February 9, 2018
Conducted by: Video Research Ltd.