Internet generation revisited

The average 8-18 year old student spends 7 hours a day on TV, video games, computer, phone.
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012010nr.cfm

The University of Maine also says that children over the age of 8 spend 7 hours a day.
http://umaine.edu/publications/4100e/

I feel that the validity of the statement I made that this group of 7^th graders will be the first to have spent on average 5 hours a day with one form of entertainment (computer, TV, video games) was called into question.  I decided to contact the person that gave us that information and she is sending the research done by Oregon State University in partnership with Oregon State Board of Education. I asked Mrs. Golden some questions I had. One was everything I read only talks about 8 years old and above. She told me that they are looking at this as a generational problem. Every generation gets worse than the one before. The parents of today’s 7^th graders basically allowed the TV to raise their kids. Most of these 7^th graders are spending 7-8 hours a day and that over their lifetime today’s 7^th grade class has spent really closer to 6 hours a day involved in entertainment. Children born 2011 and up they expect 6-7 hours to be the average once the student reaches graduation, the tablet being a big contributor to the growth. I have found what I can online to support my statement. I have found nothing that disproves or calls into question the statement made.

 

Ny Times 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?_r=0

This first article I found that talks about children. NY Daily news says that children over the age of 2 spend 34 hours a week watching TV. That 34 hours just on TV.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/americans-spend-34-hours-week-watching-tv-nielsen-numbers-article-1.1162285