Research: Information Consumption
How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers
Global Information Industry Center
University of California, San Diego
Roger E. Bohn & James E. Short
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Bohn and Short investigate the total amount of data or information an average American consumed in an average day across the year in 2008. Information was measured from output sources like computer games, newspapers, books, satellite radio, TV, movies, and the Internet among others. Information consumed at work was not counted in the study.
Of particular interest in the report is that 24% of information hours and over 55% of the information in bytes consumed comes from computer use. Users on average spent 3 hours on the computer every day outside of work. (See INFOc)
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