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# Do kids play more games, watch more TV, or read more books?
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/do-kids-play-more-games-watch-more-tv-or-read-more-books/
- Published: 2012-04-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-26T10:36:46.000Z
- Description: The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report titled Generation M2 on the media consumption habits of those 8 to 18-year-olds. The study outlines how kids spend more than 50 hours a week and much of that time is spent on multiple devices in what they are calling “media muti-tasking.” What surprised
- Author: Jamin Warren
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

The Kaiser Family Foundation released a report titled *Generation M2* on the media consumption habits of those 8 to 18-year-olds. The study outlines how kids spend more than 50 hours a week and much of that time is spent on multiple devices in what they are calling “media muti-tasking.” What surprised me is how dominant television-watching is amongst this set even as new, non-interactive technologies are available. Here’s the breakdown by medium:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/image/4bc1dd287f8b9a8119be0000-590/tv-still-rules.jpg)

One other slide worth noting is this one below on multi-tasking. What’s powerful about games is how captivating they are and your utter inability to do anything else. Yet that didn’t stop of a fifth of respondents from trying.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/84/2584b75d-4bd6-4cce-8259-f1d1c65abbb5/content/images/auomn.png)

[Read the rest of the report](http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm?ref=killscreen.com) for more insights into how the today’s youth are making their way through the noise of the 21st century.

\[Via [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-media-habits-2012-3?ref=killscreen.com)\]