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Stephen Abram references an excellent study done by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg on the electronic life of teens and young adults.
Some of the things I found interesting:
“No more than 10% of each age group (12-17 and 18-24) thought there were too many entertainment choices.”
“Females were much more likely to do multiple things [multitasking] than males.”
“Nearly three out of five girls between the ages of 15 and 17 reported doing at least one other thing while doing homework, along with 54% of boys that age.”
“Only 46% of younger teens and 36% of teens 15 to 17 focus on their homework…Music was by far the most popular homework accompaniment.”
“Only 26% [of computer using teens] said they work and surf unsupervised.”
IM use is almost equal to email use in the 12-17 age group.
“Social networking websites such as MySpace.com are very popular…just under half of girls and 43% of boys reported visiting such sites, joined by 56% of young women and 41% of men. The older adults were less likely to spend time on social sites — 66% of men over 21 said they do not visit such sites, along with 52% of women.”
“Fifteen percent of girls 12-14 who visit such [social networking] sites said they spend more than four hours a day doing so.”
