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Minority youth aged 8 to 18 consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day -- about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report, the first national study to focus exclusively on children's media use by race and ethnicity.
"In the past decade, the gap between minority and white youth's daily media use has doubled for blacks and quadrupled for Hispanics," says Northwestern Professor Ellen Wartella, who directed the study and heads the Center on Media and Human Development in the School of Communication. "The big question is what these disparities mean for our children's health and education...."
What they mean is minorties (at least the folks in the study--presumably poor and urban) have fewer academic resources and less encouragement / interaction with adults who support education than their white counterparts...how much did someone pay for this inane study?
40 minutes a day in reading for pleasure
16 minutes a day in using the computer for homework
I did find this interesting which tells me it's not about racial poverty. I found it interesting because I grew up with only 1 TV in the house (living room) and raised my family the same way (1 TV in the living room).
from the OP link:
"Black and Hispanic youth are more likely to have TV sets in their bedrooms (84% of blacks, 77% of Hispanics compared to 64% of whites and Asians), and to have cable and premium channels available in their bedrooms (42% of blacks and 28% of Hispanics compared to 17% of whites and 14% of Asians)."
40 minutes a day in reading for pleasure
16 minutes a day in using the computer for homework
I did find this interesting which tells me it's not about racial poverty. I found it interesting because I grew up with only 1 TV in the house (living room) and raised my family the same way (1 TV in the living room).
from the OP link:
"Black and Hispanic youth are more likely to have TV sets in their bedrooms (84% of blacks, 77% of Hispanics compared to 64% of whites and Asians), and to have cable and premium channels available in their bedrooms (42% of blacks and 28% of Hispanics compared to 17% of whites and 14% of Asians)."
Seems every white kid at my school has a flat screen TV, most have cable TV and internet in thier bedroom.
I think this is the key sentence: "The big question is what these disparities mean for our children's health and education."
So, the inference is that kids may not be getting as much out of their education on one end of the line to better education and health on the other end of the spectrum. It could be a cultural thing.
Anyway, if a kid spends too much time watching TV or playing games, he may not be getting as much sleep time, plus if he spends more time up instead of in bed, he'll tend to eat more. If he eats more, then he'll be less likely to be healthy down the road.
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