In March of this year, the Nielsen-funded Council for Research Excellence found that the average American spends 8.5 hours in front of video media per day..this includes, computers, television, cell phones and other gadgets. 142.50 minutes of this time is spent on the computer alone.
With all this time spent on the computer..browsing the web, updating our facebook status, watching those weekly episodes of our favorite television show we may have missed, possibly writing that ten page paper? With new media we socialize now more than ever through the vast network of tubes connecting us all over the world. The information age may have started in the late 80s but it's growing faster than ever. Is it pushing us farther away from everyday physical human interaction? Has technology made us lazy? Dumb? Even less responsible?
We may not have those answers just yet but we can certainly take some initative.
I direct you to the "New (Media) Workout Plan".
Break a sweat!
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Good questions. What I wonder is if it is the average American who is becomeing a Media Head what does that mean is in store for us as a country in comparison with the rest of the globe? Will we maintain superiority through our tech or through our strngth in other areas? We have already pretty much lost the auto industry, agriculture, and clothing manufacturing so what is next to go? If the Chinese are having a boom and India is not far behind our way of industrialism than it is safe to assume that the worl is filing up quickly with the capitolist ideal and we are either going to have to go for broke or think of some new ways to maintain our standings.
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