Common Sense census: Media use by tweens and teens, 2021.

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2022

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All data in the report is presented separately for tweens (8- to 12-year-olds) and teens (13- to 18-year-olds), and the 2021 results are examined for variations by gender, race/ethnicity, and family income. The 2019 and 2021 waves of the survey used separate cross-sectional samples of respondents, with the text and format of each question staying as consistent as possible (allowing for some modest changes to reflect the changing media environment). As far as we know, this is the only nationally representative survey tracking media use patterns among a truly random sample of 8- to 18-year-olds in the United States. Our goal is to provide data on the large trends and patterns of media usage among young people to inform the work of content creators, policymakers, educators, health care providers, parents, caregivers, and media effects researchers.

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social media, adolescents, statistics, survey, media usage, trends

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Rideout, V., Peebles, A., Mann, S., & Robb, M. B. (2022). Common Sense census: Media use by tweens and teens, 2021. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense.

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