Stark differences in media use between minority and white youth, according to U.S. report

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 15:30 in Psychology & Sociology

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 new report, the first national U.S. study to focus exclusively on children's media use by race and ethnicity. The gap between minority and white youth's media use has doubled for blacks and quadrupled for Hispanics in the past decade.

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