Americans are sleep deprived

US researchers found that Americans spend nine hours a day watching TV, using the web or talking on a mobile, reports the BBC.

"The average American spends more time using media such as TV and the internet than sleeping, a study has found.

One-third of that time is devoted to using two or more media at once, noted Bob Papper, a Ball State University professor who co-authored the report. "This is arguably in excess of anything we would have envisaged 10 years ago," Prof Papper said.

... The medium that reaches most people in any given day, 94.6%, was the telephone.

Most people, 56.9%, used media in the home but 21.1% did so at work, 8.3% in the car and 13.7% in other locations."

emily | 12:29 PM | News, Buzz |
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