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New Study Shows Youth Plugged In Most of the Day

Posted by samzenpus on from the turn-on-tune-in-drop-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The amount of time youngsters are spending on the web has ballooned to exceed the average adult's full working week, according to a new study. A few years ago, the same researchers thought that teens and tweens were consuming about as much media as possible in the hours available. But now they've have found a way to pack in even more. Young people now devote an average of seven hours and 38 minutes to daily media use, or about 53 hours a week according to Kaiser Family Foundation findings released today."

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  1. That's all? by Jeian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Amateurs.

    1. Re:That's all? by polar+red · · Score: 2, Funny

      jup. less than 16 hours a day is for sissies.

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    2. Re:That's all? by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

      or can Google it and follow the steps.

      No, not when the router is down usually.

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    3. Re:That's all? by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 4, Funny

      I even keep a netbook by my bed in case something comes up I'd like to check *while trying to fall asleep*...

      I see I'm not the only one who needs porn to fall asleep.

  2. NEWS FLASH: New Discovery!! by Bananatree3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Researchers have recently discovered gamblers like money, scholars spend lots of time reading and fishermen are often on boats.

    1. Re:NEWS FLASH: New Discovery!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      OMG! Amazing! This changes everything I ever thought about slashdot!

  3. Re:I'm Shocked! by dsoltesz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes: kids would have reached these levels of online consumption 10 years ago and we'd already have brain chips connecting us to the Interwebs 24/7 so we wouldn't need to keep those clumsy netbooks next to the bed for midnight porn surfing.

  4. Re:For those too lazy by w0mprat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone should do a study into the kind of people who participate in surveys to see if they are naturally inclined over-represented in potentially headline grabbing statistics. But I suspect the result would be biased.

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  5. It is true! by santax · · Score: 1, Funny

    My girlfriend is 12 years younger than me and it is true. She is getting plugged most of the day. Hey, can you blame me?

    1. Re:It is true! by ami.one · · Score: 2, Funny

      With that age difference I can't even dream of blaming you; Its mostly the fault of your friendly neighborhood teen. ;-)

    2. Re:It is true! by precariousgray · · Score: 3, Funny

      My girlfriend is 12 years younger than me and it is true. She is getting plugged most of the day. Hey, can you blame me?

      No, I wouldn't blame you, as long as you're the one plugging her.

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  6. Re:So, what else would you have them do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess you missed the day they taught sentence strucure (commas, capitalization, etc)

  7. Great! by Col+Bat+Guano · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now they'll be too busy to get on my lawn!

  8. Re:When the internet bred overtake the TV bred. by tehcyder · · Score: 4, Funny

    The internet is interactive and encourages critical thinking and problem solving.

    ROFLMAO

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  9. Re:more reading, less doing. by bjartur · · Score: 2, Funny

    blog [..] meaningful

    LOL

  10. Re:For those too lazy by armareum · · Score: 2, Funny

    how does the moderation system manage to work without directors such as yourself spelling out your inane opinions?

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