Since 2013, the average daily screen time for an American has increased by 50 minutes. There are so many screens all around us that are necessary for us, that we see, use, and access every day. So, while some look at screen time as harmful for mental health, societal interaction, insomnia, etc., there are many ways that devices are a necessity for schools, workplaces, sporting events, entertainment, and much more.
For starters, one specific example in the United States is that the average screen time per day is 7 hours and 4 minutes. Which is 7 minutes more compared to the global average. People shouldn’t just look at these numbers and statistics as terrible and unacceptable. There are so many examples of how screens have advanced our way of living for businesses, communication, and education! Age also plays a very significant role in screen time amounts and usage, teens spend over 3 hours a day watching TV/videos. Something that is also very noteable, is how income plays a big role in screen time. Demographics show that teenagers in lower-income houses spend 9 hours and 19 minutes on screens everyday. Whereas on the other hand, teens in higher income households spend around 7 hours and 16 minutes of screen time daily.
Overall, screen time has benefited lives and harmed lives. But which one means more? Which one should be focused on? Some may lean towards advancing technology for efficiency, accuracy, and skillfulness. While some focus on how it affects a person's well being considering health, safety, and human-only experiences! I personally think that advancing technology, leading to higher screen time, is beneficial and necessary but nothing can beat the face to face interactions with the people behind the screen!
How much is your daily screen time?
Is it important to advance technology?
Is it important to prioritize human interaction?
Based off the past two questions; Which do you think is more important?
https://explodingtopics.com/blog/screen-time-stats
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-technology-affects-communication
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10353947/#:~:text=Research
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I agree, both are very important.
I think that technology is too important because it has benefited us and made our work easier in many aspects but it also has its cons, many people tend to prefer interacting or being in front of a screen than in real life and that brings too many risks, as it also influences on how good you are at interacting with people. Also, it has been guilty of several disorders in people, mainly adolescents, so I prefer human interaction.
This is very true, over time we have really prioratized the technology. This is beneficial for some reasons but it has also gotten out of hand in some.
I think it should be atleast an hour becuase its good or fine to have screen time but doing all day every day is crazy. I think its important to advance technology becuase it can help us doing more things like going and exploring space
I agree, improving technology is really essential for our existence but the human interaction is the reason for the advancements
My daily screen time is usually around 2-3 hours depending on what I have done throughout the day, if I was home lots, or if I was doing other things. I think that it is important that we advance technology because it can improve many things but I think that it is more important to prioritize human interaction. People need to be around other people.
Yes, I agree. There are so many ways that both of them are beneficial.
I think I at least have like 4 hours, including school, because i don't really do anything on screens anymore, yes i think it is important that we keep advancing our technology, espsially if its gonna take over our lives in like 10-15 years I think that human interaction is an important part of life.
My average daily screentime is around 2-3 hours a day normally, but I think everyone has had a day that it is more than a lot more than average. It is important to advance technology because it also advances healthcare. I think it is important to have human interaction, but I don't think that it should prioritized. I think it is more important to advance technology.
My screen time used to be pretty bad but I've gotten good at not being on my phone as often. In my opinion it is important for technology to advance so we can make more efficent ways to help with online jobs. It is very important to have face to face interactions.
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