Time Spend People Day Watching Ages Screen Eslpod

The New York Times in 2009 reported on a study of how much time American adults spend looking at different types of screens each day. A "screen," in this case, is anything that has an electronic display or that shows information. These screens include televisions, computers, cell phones, media players, and more. The study found that adults spend about 8.5 hours each day looking at some kind of screen.

Television remains the most-watched "media" (source of information, such as newspapers and Internet websites), with the "average" (typical) adult watching about five hours of TV each day. This does not include watching "recorded" (not live; not being broadcasted right now) programs or movies.

Here are some other "findings" (results):

- People between the ages of 18-24 do the most texting, an average of 30 minutes a day.

- People between the ages of 25-34 spend the most time watching DVD and VCR videos.

- People between the ages of 35-44 spend the most time on the Internet, about 75 minutes a day.

- People between the ages of 45-54 spend the most time in front of screens, about 1 hour more than other adults.

- People tend to "underestimate" (believing that something is less than it really is) how much time they watch TV by about 25%, probably due to the "social stigma" (disapproval from other people) of watching a lot of television.