‘Americans Spend 23 Hours Per Week Online, Texting’ – ‘Mashable’

The BusinessDaily team says, “Staying up-to-date on emails, social media and other forms of online communication can take a lot of time — more time than many people may realize. New research has found that the average user spends 23 hours every week emailing, texting, using social media and communicating online in other ways.That number represents nearly 14% of the total time in a week. All that time is taking a toll on users, a new eMarketer report found. However, 54% of survey respondents said they have tried to decrease their reliance on technology in the past year in favor of more in-person contact. That number is only set to grow, with 62% of web users in the United States saying they hope to be able to decrease tech usage in the coming year so they can communicate face-to-face”.