According to a study recently released nearly 18 percent of adolescents Buenos Aires is less than an hour of television a day and 62.3 percent consume up to two hours daily for 65 percent of these same children remain between 2 and 12 hours a day connected to the Internet.
The data come from a report on City teenagers who, jointly prepared by the Economic Council and the Center Public Opinion Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences of the UBA, also revealed that access to the network is mainly produced from mobile phones.
So, 54.8 percent use their smartphone from 2 and 12 hours a day, with a peak of 11.44% using it 24 hours a day.
Just five years ago, only 9.6 percent of Argentine children between 13 and 17 years looked less than a daily hour of TV on weekdays, according to the Survey of Teen Media Consumption Unicef held in major cities across the country.
“ The television consumption teenagers is declining, but that variable must be balanced against the use of Internet and social networks “said Sergio Abrevaya, president of the Economic and Social Council of the City.
To Abrevaya, the decline in consumption of teenagers television in favor of Internet-connected screens explained that “the interest of the boy mutated” which now favors those devices that allow you to “interact” with others, and through this interaction Reportedly, it entertains and acquire skills that could previously get through the television.
This is evident when we analyze which activities (listed in non-exclusive categories) are teenagers performed in the web: almost 67 percent are on Facebook; 65.8% in Youtube; the 42.33%, on Twitter; 22% seek information for college; 21.7% chat with their friends; 21% download music; 18% are in other social networks and 15% play online.
“ While there is a use of the Internet to see series and other proposals are not new and could also found on TV, the most important is the interaction that has to do with a change of paradigm that knowledge is not something that is taught in one place, but is co-built and social networks are elements of co -Construction of knowledge along with Google and Wikipedia “, he said.
At the same time, only 10.5% of teens go into sports pages and the 3.64% reported by . online newspapers
“ Today’s news will go through Facebook and Twitter: is not that kids are uninformed, they are reported by social networks ” contextualized
“This new era” in which adolescents are reported and construct knowledge in their daily lives, presents challenges for the education system today is still “ designed so that the teacher imparts knowledge from the board “said the head of the Council.
This misunderstanding is evidenced, for example, that” when a guy pulls out a cell phone in class, the teacher says to save it because You can not talk on the phone, when the boy did not have to talk but to interact and because it is a minicomputer . “
” There is also a claim for the same guys for teachers know better handle Internet, because teachers always ask them for the boys to use Google or mail, but do not incorporate social media “he continued.
This predilection for purchasing knowledge through interaction is also evident in that 88% of students said they would prefer to continue attending class if it were possible to study from their homes and across the network.
The study also confirmed that smartphones will are gaining in popularity to other Web-connected screens like PCs or notebooks.
The survey was conducted with 848 secondary students in Buenos Aires public and private schools and sought to investigate the perception School students have and some aspects of their daily life linked to their personal training.
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