In this day and age, most people sitting before a PC should have some semblance of familiarity with its technology, its features and its functions; they should also know their way around the Internet and how to perform rudimentary online tasks.
Londoners revealed as the UK\'s most e-literate residents. Credit: Phillie Casablanca/Flickr.
However, a new survey conducted by online consultant Enhance Media has revealed that, as with most things in modern life, acceptance and knowledge of modern technology fluctuates on a regional basis.
Specifically, the recent “How ‘e’ are you?” survey recruited the help of more than 12,000 people across the United Kingdom in order to assess the level of their basic technology skills in an online environment.
The test involved users tackling a selection of 30 different Internet-based activities, which included simple e-mail interaction, subscribing to an RSS feed, operating a search engine, and uploading a video clip to YouTube.
The results of the survey revealed that London is home to the most e-literate UK residents, closely followed by Canterbury, Cambridge, Swindon and Chelmsford across the top five.
Conversely, the worst performance results were attributed to coastal destinations Torquay and Bournemouth, with the likes of Twickenham, Peterborough and Wakefield not far behind.
According to the specific employment attributes of participants put through their paces on the technology test, those working in IT (Information Technology) predictably recorded the highest score average, at 75 out of 100.
Those working jobs connected to the design and creative sectors were the next best technology users, and then marketing professionals. Perhaps surprisingly, students registered the poorest test score of 48 out of 100, which is a clear 5 points below the overall test average of 53 out of 100.
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