Notes from the Group 1 readings

(a trifle of other research first)
Another rather dated article said 18% of teens had an Ipod in 2004,
http://www.news.com/Its-all-about-the-iPod/2100-1041_3-5406519.html

In a newer survey "78 percent of high school students own a portable media
player, and of those 82 percent are iPods" which if my math is correct is
about 63%
http://www.macobserver.com/stockwatch/2007/04/10.1.shtml

Clearly, things have changed and this article we read and its statistics
may be more relevant than the 1999, but they are terribly outdated.

>From my anecdotal experience, the use of Ipods and MySpace etc. has
increased dramatically since I started teaching high school 5 years ago.
At the same time I think alot of kids watch TV while using the
computer/video ipod/text msg so the information in this article about
multitasking makes sense. Alot of students carry portable USB drives with
portable browsers that often allow them to get by some filtering at
schools (works in our library to get on myspace for example). this is
tied to the fact that the filtering software is tied to I.E., not our
district servers. (yes, from my teacher workstation I can comfortably
peruse myspace)



Other things being equal,
race is related to substantial
differences in the amount of
exposure to screen media
– especially TV.

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Percentage of children with TV-related rules
Household income
Under $35,ooo 47 38 11 14
$35,000 – $50,ooo 47 40 17 13
Over $50,ooo 42 31 12 12

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The likelihood of using a computer on any given day
is related to both of our measures of socioeconomic status
(see Appendix 4.6). Forty-seven percent (47%) of kids whose parents
completed no more than a high school education, compared
to 51% of those whose parents completed some college, and 62%
of those whose parents completed college report using a computer
the previous day.

Similarly, 47% of kids classified as
low income, 50% of those classified as middle income, and 63%
of those classified as high income, used a computer the preceding
day

Kids whose parents finished college
spend 17 minutes more daily than kids whose parents completed
no more than high school

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iving in a home where the TV plays
constantly is positively related to exposure
to each of the electronic media and
negatively related to print exposure.

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Except for time spent reading, the least
contented kids report more media exposure
than those classified as belonging to either the
moderately or highly contented groups.

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In homes where there is some attempt to control
amount of viewing, content viewed, or both, kids
watch less TV, play video games less, listen to
less music, and spend less time on the computer.
They also read more.

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The negative relationship
is significant for video game playing.
In line with earlier research, the relationship
between academic performance and
time spent reading is positive and significant.
That is, kids who report the lowest
grades read substantially less than those
who report the highest grades.

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highly contented kids report 8:07 of overall media exposure,
moderately contented kids report 8:22, and the least contented
kids report 9:44 of overall media exposure.

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