http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070704-gaming-plays-minor-role-in-adolescent-life.html

I love the conclusion:

Overall, the survey suggests that, far from being endemic in youth culture, video games play a significant role in the lives of only a minority of US children, most of them male. Although there were some figures that might suggest that gaming displaced academic activities, such as reading and homework, the total time spent on these pursuits was so small that minor effects were magnified. If people are concerned about the lack of reading done by adolescents, the fact that non-gamers spend only eight minutes a day reading should be a far larger concern than the fact that gaming causes that figure to drop by a little more than two minutes.

LoL.... Americans....

Bump up the truth.

Thought more people would be interested in this (Not necessarily posting, but does not have many views either)

I knew that anyway :P

Only 8 minutes, wtf! Here in the UK the amount of reading has increased, does that not include going to things like news sites then?

Reading news sites counts as computer time.

so my reading articles on the internet does not constitute reading? how? i read at least 3-5 hours of articles on the internet, and then probably an hour or more from non articles. by ur logic i can constitute reading something with pictures like a newspaper as looking at a graphic novel; reading is reading. i read a bunch in the games as well. (of course i also read on my own, so i might be abnormal)

you have no idea what was counted or not in this survey, but just by subconscious you read more than 8 minutes per day. labels, instructions, and so many other things in the world. surveys can often forget things or maybe leave them out on purpose (gasp) to skew the results.

What? Reading stuff on the internet is not reading? That survey is SOOO old school.

Also, printing books and magazines is bad, they kill trees to give you a book!. Downloading the book is better than buying a print ;)

Actually, it was YOU who did not read the survey. On this page, it clearly labels what is being measured:

http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/161/7/684

And, assuming you are not going to read the whole thing, I will quote the part about what was considered reading:

"These activities included reading or being read to (from books, magazines, newspapers, and letters)..."

@soccerdrew17

I see you have nothing to say...

I would like to know how much UK children read...I'm guessing it's more, but I'm curious.

Because...you know...Americans are dumb and such...I suppose it's no surprise.