Youth Spend More Time on Web Than TV 285
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."
Re:w00t! (Score:3, Funny)
Only 17 hours a week? I think they need to survey more slashdotters.
Email Isn't Time Online? (Score:3, Funny)
What -- reading and sending email isn't "time online"
seventeen hours per week (Score:5, Funny)
Re:good! (Score:3, Funny)
I spend a lot of time downloading TV programmes, so what group does that count as?
What kind of affect will this have on literacy? (Score:5, Funny)
Figures are a little skewed... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:good! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:good! (Score:2, Funny)
That said, flash is evil! EVIL!
And so's the cat.
Re:good! (Score:3, Funny)
I could go on, but I think I have made my point.
Re:What about when they do both? (Score:3, Funny)
Which inevitably leads to someone walking into the room, asking "What are you watching?", and receiving a confused "huh? I don't know..." in return.
Re:good! (Score:5, Funny)
Well hmm...
and which media has easier access to porn?
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They way things are going... (Score:1, Funny)
Back when I was your age (Score:5, Funny)
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..."
That's sad (Score:1, Funny)
Re:ch@rlE$ D1ck3N5 (Score:1, Funny)
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Next!
well.. (Score:4, Funny)
When I was their age ... (Score:2, Funny)
Why, when I was their age
Re:good! (Score:2, Funny)
You'd think, but judging by what I see teenagers doing on the Internet at the local library the most they do is play awful flash games and send IM to each other. i.e.:
sexy_babe_6969_imsogreat_15_really_long_hotmail_ad address_are_cool_65372_omg_yay@hotmail.com says:
omg! wtf??!?!!?!!?
Re:Ok let's see... (Score:4, Funny)
One of my housemates has a habit of leaving the TV on to provide background noise. The strange thing is that he will turn the sound down and sit in a different room, where he can't see the screen. Apparently he finds the whine of a 50Hz CRT soothing
RRRR (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oral Sex vs. Email (Score:2, Funny)
MOM: Oh dear, I didn't even know you were doing it, and besides I thought we agreed you'd use protection.
TEEN: I did use protection, my definitions must be out of date.
The Reason Why... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:good! (Score:2, Funny)
The #1 sexually transmitted disease... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:good! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is this _that_ surprising? (Score:2, Funny)