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Youth Spend More Time on Web Than TV

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the choosing-one's-poison dept.

ChopsMIDI writes "According to a survey of 2,618 people, aged 13 to 24, teenagers and young adults spend more time on the Internet than watching television, indicating a shift in media consumption for a demographic prized by advertisers. On average, young people said they spent nearly 17 hours online each week, not including time used to read and send electronic mail, compared with almost 14 hours spent watching television and 12 hours listening to the radio."

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  1. seventeen hours per week by zephc · · Score: 4, Funny

    amateurs! more like seventy hours a week!

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  2. What kind of affect will this have on literacy? by joel8x · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will the future generations be more literate since they spend all of their time reading instead of watching TV? Maybe it will make it worse since 3v3ry7h1ng 15 5p3ll3d l1k3 7h15.

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  3. Re:good! by Lu+Xun · · Score: 4, Funny

    mmporgs are interactive! You have to keep clicking on the Ugly Rat-thing to kill it, before going on to kill something else. That's as interactive as it gets.

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  4. Re:good! by tankdilla · · Score: 4, Funny
    According to a survey of 2,618 people, aged 13 to 24, teenagers and young adults spend more time on the Internet than watching television

    Well hmm...

    and which media has easier access to porn?

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  5. Back when I was your age by Captain+Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, what, is this our generation's "When I was YOUR age" event?

    Previous: "When I was YOUR age, sonny, we used to go outside and play baseball out by the sandlot! Not all this TV watching crap you kids today do..."

    Today: "When I was YOUR age, sonny, we used to watch TV all day on the couch! Not all this new-fangled 'internet' crap you kids today do..."

    Future: "When I was YOUR age, sonny, we used to log onto the internet all the time on the computer! Not this new-fangled starship crap you kids today do..."

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  6. well.. by oOo+Shiva+oOo · · Score: 4, Funny

    If television offered free porn to kids who are smart enough to admit to being over 18, television might start being as important is the web is to today's youth :)