Passive consumption – watching TV and DVDs – is still by far the dominant form of media use among little children in these digitally charged times. US children 0-8 spend an average of 1:40 watching television or DVDs in a typical day, "compared to 29 minutes reading or being read to, 29 minutes listening to music, 17 minutes using a computer, 14 minutes using a console or handheld video game … [Read more...] about The latest on 0-to-8-year-olds’ media use
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Snapshot of Facebook’s growth
Facebook's global population now exceeds 650 million, according to AllFacebook.com, which here published an infographic from the Web traffic measurers at Pingdom. It indicates that FB's population now exceeds the number of native English speakers in the world as well as the entire world population of the 17th century, among other things. It hasn't yet caught up to today's population of Europe (475 … [Read more...] about Snapshot of Facebook’s growth
Fresh data on tweens’ media use
A whopping 90% of US 9-to-12-year-olds play online games, according to a just-released survey by M2 Research. Broken down by gender, 91% of tween boys and 93% of tween girls play games online, M2 says. The survey of 5,000 children and teens nationwide also found that Facebook is now the favorite Web site among boys 8-11 and girls 12-15 (Facebook's minimum age is 13 – see this earlier post of mine … [Read more...] about Fresh data on tweens’ media use