How media saturated are you?

Question:

The average teen in America has three or more television sets in their household

Answer: True

According to a 2005 Kaiser family foundation study, the typical 8-18 year old lives in a home with an average of 3.5 TV’s Source: Victoria Rideout. M.A., Executive Summary “Generation M: Media in the lives of 8-18 year olds.” Kaiser Family Foundation Study, March 2005

Question:

The average teen in America watches 10 hours of television every week.

Answer: False

The average teen watches 3 hours of television every day not including video games, prerecorded shows and DVD’s, which amounts to over 17 hours of television every week.

Question:

Over 60% of TV shows has sexual content

Answer: True

64% if Television shows have sexual content Source: Kunkel Dale, Erica Bailey, Karen Eyal, Kirstie Cope-Farrar, Edward Donnerstein, and Rena Frandrick. “Sex on TV.” Kaiser Family Foundation. February, 2003

Question:

Soaps contain the highest percent of sexual content on television

Answer: True

96% of Soaps, 73% of Comedies, 71% of Drama and 65% of talk shows contain sexual content Source: Kunkel Dale, Erica Bailey, Karen Eyal, Kirstie Cope-Farrar, Edward Donnerstein, and Rena Frandrick. “Sex on TV.” Kaiser Family Foundation. February, 2003

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