jdobbin Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/24/niels...still-watch-tv/ According to Nielsen, teenagers are far from abandoning TV for so-called new media. In fact, television viewing rates among U.S. teens have actually gone up 6% in the last five years. Sure, they browse the Web a lot, but far less than you do. The average time spent browsing for an adult person in the United States comes down to about 29 hours and 15 minutes per month. While I reach that average almost on a daily basis, teens are said to browse the Web a lot less than that: 11 hours and 32 minutes per month on average. I honestly thought the average teen would spend that much time on the Web a week, at least. Interesting study. There has been talk on these pages about the death of TV. Probably a little premature. Edited June 27, 2009 by jdobbin Quote
Remiel Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 I am sure that in the day there were many essays and articles written about the death of radio. Yet, it never happened. Television may change, but it will still be with us for a long time yet. And that is just the television set. Television style programming will be around as long as electronics are. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 Interesting study.There has been talk on these pages about the death of TV. Probably a little premature. It's more complex than that...my son is a "US teen"....he uses the Web and televison concurrently. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
capricorn Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 b_c, your son is mastering the art of multi tasking, a skill he will require when he embarks on a career. I think the mind has to be engaged with more than one challenge at a time in order to reach its full potential. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Posted June 28, 2009 b_c, your son is mastering the art of multi tasking, a skill he will require when he embarks on a career. I think the mind has to be engaged with more than one challenge at a time in order to reach its full potential. No, he mastered that a long time ago. The content data rate for television is just too slow now compared to other interests and distribution channels. Even television has morphed into PIP and DVR time compression. Reading a book is a very inefficient luxury. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Remiel Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Reading a book is a very inefficient luxury. Inefficient luxury? I am afraid you are going to have to explain your reasoning behind that label. Quote
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