Electronic screen overdose?

Electronic screen overdose?

There are a growing number of electronic devices competing for your eye-balls, time and attention. In a Poll Position national scientific telephone survey we asked, how many hours a day do you spend looking at either a TV, computer screen, e-reader, PDA’s or cellphones?

When combining totals, more than 60% spend between 1-6 hours a day watching electronic devices. Also combining results, 34% tell us they are spending between 7-10 hours, or more watching.  Below are the results of the survey:

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,220 registered voters nationwide was conducted November 19, 2011 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

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Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation. Here are the crosstabs for this poll: Poll Position Crosstabs-Time on electronic screens

You can learn more about our polling methodology here.