Who Reads?

A recent culture survey report states:

It is interesting to note that consumers in the US and UK are below the global average (5.7 and 5.3 hours per week respectively) when it comes to reading, but significantly above the average on TV viewing (19 hours per week in the US and 18 in the UK), listening to the radio (10.2 hours per week in the US and 10.5 in the UK) and just slightly below the global average for computer/Internet usage (8.8 hours per week in both the US and UK).

A recent Gallup Poll found that "About half of Americans also say they have read more than five books in the past year, not much different from the number reported a decade and a half ago." Yawn! However, this survey reports that Although Canadians spend a bit more time on the Internet at home (5.5 hours on average per week) than they do reading books for pleasure (4.6 hours), there is a positive correlation between Internet use and reading books. [Tectag: reading]

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