Study: Kids spend almost 8 hours a day plugged in

Release Date 20 Jan, 2010 in Detroit Free Press

 
   

5 Ways to Make Kids' Media Use Safe and Healthy

U.S. News & World Report (blog) - Nancy Shute - 20 Jan, 2010
The children of America spend 7½ hours a day plugged in to their phones and iPods and MP3 players, gaming, or otherwise engaged with ...

Digital Media Dominates Kids' Waking Hours

InformationWeek - Antone Gonsalves - 20 Jan, 2010
Teens and tweens spend an average of 7.5 hours per day playing games, watching videos, and listening to music on their mobile devices. ...

Young people spend 7 hours, 38 minutes a day on TV, video games, computer

Los Angeles Times - Bonnie Miller Rubin - 20 Jan, 2010
Media are a full-time job plus overtime for children 8 to 18, a Kaiser report says. They devote 53 hours a week to those pursuits, an hour and 17 minutes ...

Study: Kids spend almost 8 hours a day plugged in

Detroit Free Press - Greg Toppo - 20 Jan, 2010
Kids these days spend so much time with electronic media -- cellphones, iPods, video games and computers -- that it might as well be a ...

Youths Spend 7+ Hours/Day Consuming Media

CBS News - 20 Jan, 2010
(CBS) Kids and teens are spending more and more time in front of screens, according to a study published Wednesday. According to the Kaiser Family ...

Study: Young people's screen time exceeds 7.5 hours a day

San Jose Mercury News - Cecelia Kang - 20 Jan, 2010
Young people are spending more time with nearly every form of media than ever, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kaiser Family ...

US Kids Using Media Almost 8 Hours a Day

BusinessWeek - Steven Reinberg - 20 Jan, 2010
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The amount of time American children and teens spend watching TV, playing video games or surfing ...

Survey finds huge increase in kids' media use

Newsday (subscription) - 20 Jan, 2010
A new study says that young people across the nation are spending an average of about 7½ hours a day with entertainment media, and those who use more than ...

Survey finds huge increase in kids' media use

Newsday (subscription) - 20 Jan, 2010
BY NEWSDAY.COM STAFF WASHINGTON - A new study says that young people across the nation are spending an average of about 71/2 hours a day with entertainment ...

Children and teens increasingly glued to their cellphones and iPods, study finds

Baltimore Sun - 20 Jan, 2010
The Kaiser Family Foundation today released the results of a big survey that analyzed media use by children in the 8-18 age demographic, and the results ...

Kids still prefer TV to iPod, net

Times of India - 20 Jan, 2010
Forget iPod or Internet, kids still love to watch television, that's what a new survey suggests. The Kaiser Family Foundation's new study found that kids ...

If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online

New York Times - Tamar Lewin - 20 Jan, 2010
The average young American now spends practically every waking minute â€" except for the time in school â€" using a smart phone, computer, ...

Kids spend over 7 hours a day with entertainment media, says study

Tampabay.com - Eric Deggans - 20 Jan, 2010
It's the kind of statistic that might make most parents consider a time lock for their TV sets. ...

Study: Kids Are Completely Connected

MediaPost Publications - 20 Jan, 2010
Outside of school and sleep, young people now spend "practically every waking minute" connected to one digital device or another, according to new research ...

Study: Kids use electronics 7+ hours a day

ABC7Chicago.com - 20 Jan, 2010
January 20, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The average American young person spends more than 7.5 hours in front of a computer, television or other electronic ...

Youth plugged in nearly most of the day: study

International Business Times - 20 Jan, 2010
The amount of time youngsters are spending on the web has ballooned to proportions that exceed the average adults full working week, according to a new ...

Generation iPod: Young'Uns Spend 53 Hours a Week Consuming Media

Discover Magazine (blog) - 20 Jan, 2010
When your kid isn't in class, he/she is probably listening to an iPod, flipping TV channels, or switching between tabs on their computer, which means they ...

Survey Finds Children's Media Use Jumps in Five Years

Top Tech News - Mark Long - 20 Jan, 2010
A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation has found technology advances have enabled American youths to spend more time consuming media than ...

Kids Still Glued to TV (One Way or Another)

Adweek - 20 Jan, 2010
Amid all the attention rightly paid to kids' engagement with new technologies, TV viewing remains the dominant media activity of 8-18-year-olds. ...

Kids are ravenous for media

Radio Business Report - 20 Jan, 2010
The Kaiser Family Foundation's latest report on 8-18 media consumption habits find that they are using it for entertainment more than ever â€" an average 7 ...

Shock! American kids are addicted to the Internet

TG Daily - Aharon Etengoff - 20 Jan, 2010
A recently report published by the Kaiser Family Foundation has confirmed an already known fact: American kids are hopelessly addicted to the Internet and ...

Study: Kids using more media

WCSH-TV - 20 Jan, 2010
(NBC) -- A new study shows a dramatic rise in the amount of time kids and teens use entertainment media. The report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says ...

Report: Media Use Among Kids Increases

News Channel 8 - 20 Jan, 2010
A new report says the amount of time kids use media has increased dramatically in the last 10 years, up to almost 8 hours a day. On a day off from school, ...

Youth spend nearly 8 hours a day in front of a screen

TECH.BLORGE.com - John Lister - 20 Jan, 2010
The average American child spends so much time in front of one screen or another that it could be classed as a full-time job according to a ...

Kids spend 53 hours a week watching media

East Bay Business Times - 20 Jan, 2010
American children between 8 and 18 years old spend more than 53 hours a week online, playing video games and watching television, according to a Kaiser ...

Kids Spend Every Waking Minute in Front of a Screen [STUDY]

Mashable (blog) - Barb Dybwad - 20 Jan, 2010
The Kaiser Family Foundation has the results in from its latest media usage study, and it was enough to shock the authors. The last time the Foundation ...

Study: American kids spend 7.5 hours per day using electronics

ZDNet (blog) - Andrew Nusca - 20 Jan, 2010
American youths now spend more than seven and a half hours per day using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new ...

Study finds US kids dramatically increase screen time

Earthtimes (press release) - 20 Jan, 2010
By : dpa San Francisco - US kids spend almost eight hours a day surfing the web, watching TV, playing video games or using their mobile devices, ...

Daily Candy: Kids Spend 7+ Hours Devouring Media

MediaPost Publications - Wayne Friedman - 20 Jan, 2010
Kids are spending over an hour a day more with all media versus five years ago -- more so when you consider multi-tasking. ...

Students spend more time with digital gadgets than in class

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog) - Jane Henderson - 20 Jan, 2010
An important new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that kids spend much more time entertaining themselves with cell phones and ...

 

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