The line graph provides an illustration of the number of hours in the span of 7 days, a human being spends using different electronic devices, gadgets, newspapers, books, and magazines for the time period of 15 years from 1990 to 2015. Overall, it is observed that the use of the Internet has increased and television has decreased over the period of time. The usage of radio has remained constant with slight fluctuation.
The popularity of the Internet as a channel to spend time started to grow after the year 1993 and has been rising since then from approximately 1 hour a day. There was a sudden surge in usage after the year 2000 reaching up to around 14 hours by 2015. Similarly, Radio remained a constant source for entertainment with less than 5 hours spent on it.
The use of Printed materials has shown a downward trend same as that of Television. Around 1997, there is a sharp decline, and the trend is followed till the end of the given time period that is 2. 5 hours for printed material and 17. 5 hours for Television.
The line graph provides an illustration of the number of
hours
in the span of 7 days, a human being spends using
different
electronic devices, gadgets, newspapers, books, and magazines for the
time
period of 15 years from 1990 to 2015.
Overall
, it
is observed
that the
use
of the Internet has increased and television has decreased over the period of
time
. The usage of radio has remained constant with slight fluctuation.
The popularity of the Internet as a channel to spend
time
started
to grow after the year 1993 and has been rising since then from approximately 1
hour
a day. There was a sudden surge in usage after the year 2000 reaching up to around 14
hours
by 2015.
Similarly
, Radio remained a constant source for entertainment with less than 5
hours
spent on it.
The
use
of Printed materials has shown a downward trend same as that of Television. Around 1997, there is a sharp decline, and the trend
is followed
till the
end
of the
given
time
period
that is
2. 5
hours
for printed material and 17. 5
hours
for Television.