Children consume more media.
From The Economist, Aug 25 2007, p. 34: "Not only are children spending more time consuming media than their older siblings did just a few years ago, but they are also consuming more types. Three-quarters of British 11-year-olds now have their own television set, video-games player and mobile phone." But at the cost of old media.
Of children aged 8-15:
- 38% regularly watch videos (59% two years ago);
- 53% play video games (61% two years ago)
- "Most are abandoning stand-alone media, such as DVDs, and turning instead to media such as the internet and in particular social-networking websites. The trend seems to accelerate as children move into their teenage years. Nearly two-thirds of children between the ages of 12 and 15 use the internet, compared with 41% of those aged 8 to 11."
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