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Use of Individual Media By All 8 to 18 Year Olds Survey participants based answers on media use “the previous day.” | | | | Percent who used for |
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who used | Average
time | >1
hour | >3
hours | >5
hours |
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| TV | | | | | | | 2004 | 81% | 3:04 | 66% | 38% | 20% | | 1999 | 85 | 3:05 | 69 | 40 | 22 | | Magazines | | | | | 2004 | 47 | 0:14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 1999 | 55 | 0:15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | Newspapers | | | | | 2004 | 34 | 0:06 | — | — | 0 | | 1999 | 42 | 0:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Books | | | | | 2004 | 46 | 0:23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | 1999 | 46 | 0:21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | | Videos/DVDs | | | | | 2004 | 39 | 0:32 | 15 | 2 | 1 | | 1999 | 35 | 0:27 | 15 | 1 | 0 | | Movies | | | | | 2004 | 13 | 0:25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | | 19991999 | 10 | 0:18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | Video games, console player | | | | 2004 | 41 | 0:32 | 13 | 3 | 1 | | Video games, handheld | | | | | 2004 | 35 | 0:17 | 6 | 1 | — | | Radio | | | | | 2004 | 74 | 0:55 | 21 | 7 | 3 | | 1999 | 76 | 0:46 | 23 | 4 | 1 | | CDs/tapes/MP3s | | | | 2004 | 68 | 0:49 | 18 | 6 | 2 | | 1999 | 72 | 1:02 | 25 | 8 | 2 | | Computer games | | | | | 2004 | 27% | 0:09 | 1 | — | — | | Internet games | | | | | 2004 | 24 | 0:09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Web sites | | | | | 2004 | 34 | 0:14 | 3 | 1 | — | | 1999 | 22 | 0:07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Instant messaging | | | | | 2004 | 26 | 0:17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Chat | | | | | 2004 | 10 | 0:04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1999 | 13 | 0:05 | 1 | — | 0 | | Email | | | | | 2004 | 25 | 0:05 | — | 0 | 0 | | 1999 | 18 | 0:04 | — | 0 | 0 | | Graphics programs | | | | | 2004 | 12 | 0:04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Total recreational computer | | | 2004 | 54 | 1:02 | 28 | 10 | 3 | | 1999 | 47 | 0:27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | | Total recreational Internet | | 2004 | 47 | 0:48 | 22 | 7 | 2 | | 1999 | 24 | 0:11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE: dash (—) indicates value less than 0.5%. Source: Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8–18 Year-olds, a Kaiser Family Foundation Study, March 2005.
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