Re:Dopamine Fasting
by solidasparagus on Friday November 08, 2019 @04:18AM
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I find that graph of media consumption outrageously hard to believe. The average person spends 11 out of 24 hours every day consuming media? People average 4 hours a day watching TV and 1.75 hours a day listening to the radio?
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Well, something like 20% of the population are in the transport sector, and many of those probably listen to radio 8 h a day while driving.
Re:Dopamine Fasting
by lotsofpulp on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:03AM
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Instagram/reddit/Snapchat/tik tok/forwarded whatsapp videos/hacker news/audio books/music are all media. And with a device that enables 24/7 consumption literally on a person 24/7, I don’t doubt it.
Re:Dopamine Fasting
by solidasparagus on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:46PM
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If you look at the graph, internet usage is a relatively small percentage of media usage. TV + Radio have roughly 2x the consumption of internet based media according to that graph. Which strikes me as odd, although the idea of people in transportation skewing the radio numbers is interesting
Re:Dopamine Fasting
by goactualize on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:42PM
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It's on the upper end of estimates I've seen. Other sources say 2-2.5 hours of social media for the average American. It think it's because that source used all kinds of different media sources like radio. That definitely increases my "screentime" hours when I leave Spotify/YouTube music on my phone.
I suspect that may be device level consumption accounting as opposed to actual focus (which is hard to measure) at best. At worst it is human memory which is even worse.