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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. 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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  2. 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.

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

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

  5. 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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