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Media Consumption Way Up For 8- 18-Year-Olds From 5 Years Ago
As you read this article, at this very moment you could very well be contributing to a statistic. That statistic is that 8-18 year-olds dedicate 7 hours and 38 minutes to media consumption in an average day. Recent survey research shows that this a dramatic increase compared to five years ago, when people in that age range spent an average of 6 hours and 21 minutes with media such as video games. Cutting to the chase, let's see what's up with whippersnappers these days and their video games.
- Only 30 percent of 8-18 year-olds say their parents limit their video game playing time
- 50 percent have a video game console in their bedroom
- 1 hour and 13 minutes of video games are played on average per day since 2005, up 24 minutes from 2004
- Boys play 56 minutes a day playing console games, compared to girls at 14 minutes
- Boys play 25 minutes a day playing computer games, compared to girls at 8 minutes
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s third large-scale survey, the largest publicly accessible source of media use-related research, points to mobile media as the leading catalyst for increased media consumption. iPhones, iPods, cell phones, and other handheld devices are have found their way into more kids’ pockets. I'm almost disappointed that video games were the leading cause for the increase.
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