Americans Use TV, Other Media 10 hrs a Day: Census
December 29, 2006
Americans will spend nearly 10 hours a day watching television, surfing the Internet, reading books, newspapers and magazines and listening to music this year, the U.S. Census Bureau said. Industry groups provided the information on media usage. They projected Americans will spend an average of nearly 4 1/2 hours daily in front of the television in 2006, or 1,555 hours in all. Americans will spend another 2 1/2 hours listening to radio and a half hour listening to recorded music. The rest of the nearly 10 hours is spent reading newspapers, looking at the Internet, playing video games and reading other media. What about you? Do you agree with these findings?
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I just recently read “Amusing Ourselves To Death” by Neil Postman. After reading that book, I’m actually optimistic about this post. AT LEAST we’re doing things other than watching TV.
Of course…I suppose it’s a quasi-ironic thing to begin this post with a book citation. Hmnn.
jW
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Comment by Jay Winters - Dec 29, 2006 @ 04:22 PM