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Teen Screen Media Use - 2019 Results Just Released!

Common Sense Media just released its most recent annual research findings of Tween and Teen media usage.   Common Sense Media is a non-profit devoted to providing research to parents, educators, health organizations, and policymakers with reliable, independent data on children's use of media and technology and the impact it has on their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development. I think you will find the highlights in the report quite interesting.  If you prefer, watch this 1+ minute video summarizing the findings. Teens average just under seven and a half hours’ worth (7:22) of entertainment screen media per day—not including time spent using screens for school or homework. This time does not include screen use for school or homework. What are they doing online for 7 hours a day? Teens spend a good chunk of their time watching TV or videos online, followed by gaming.  Boys and girls have vastly different tastes in media. More than twi