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passive: not active
8–12 year olds
13–17 year olds
18–24 year olds
40%
43%
45%
35%
20%
17%
31%
27%
24%
22%
30%
29%
21%
24%
20%
17%
24%
28%
12%
17%
20%
10%
20%
18%
7%
14%
13%
Not asked
18%
19%
actIVIty 1.3
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My notes
Interpreting the text using close reading
4 “When we look at what youth today personally own, it’s definitely more
than the generation before them and immensely more than what kids owned two generations ago. What is also important to remember is that youths are
not passive receivers of things,” said Regina A. Corso, Senior Vice President for Youth and Education Research at Harris Interactive. “Today’s youth actively have input into what they have and what their families have.”
Youth and media
5 Tweens, teens, and young adults have not only more things than previous generations, they also have more consistent, available access to vast amounts
of information than their parent or grandparent could have imagined in their youths. Accessibility is made easy by the click of a mouse or the tap of a screen. In fact, over three-quarters of 8–9 year olds (76%) and up to nine-in-ten 16–17 year olds (91%) are on the Internet an hour or more a day, excluding email.
6 When looking at all types of media, on average, tweens spend 8.4 hours engaged versus teens, who spend 12.6 hours engaged with media per day. On average, teens spend 3.6 hours per day online, 2.9 hours watching television, and 1.6 hours each playing video games and listening to an MP3 player.
This chart shows how tweens and teens spend money or influence how others spend their money.
Percent that will personally buy
or influence the purchase by others in the next few months
Tickets to entertainment/sporting Handheld video games
Video game system
Cell phone/smartphone
Digital media player
Computer
TV
Camera
Camcorder or video camera
New car/truck/SUV
Source: Trends & Tudes, Harris Interactive Youth & Education Research, 2010.
Source: Trends & Tudes, Harris Interactive Youth & Education Research, 2010.
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