Leisurely. Large. Loaded.
That’s the less than flattering snapshot of today’s average American taken from the Statistical Abstract of the United States for 2007. Recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau, this 1,300-page “Tale of Too Much” reports statistical trends across numerous sectors of American life, and in short — we live a “Super-Size Me” life.
We’re media saturated. Americans will spend nearly 10 hours a day either watching television, surfing the Internet, reading books, newspapers and magazines, or listening to music this year. It’s easy to salt this away wondering how “those lazy people” waste all their time, but don’t discount that devotional reading this morning, the CD on while commuting, and all the e-mails that were sent today. All these things factor into the picture of the average American, with the means, the technology and the time for 10 hours of media connection a day.
It adds up...
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