Seven hours of digital leisure time a day, on average
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:48 am
Youth entertainment has changed radically in recent decades: leisure activities are shaped by the use of technology, which didn't exist before, but now do . This digital leisure activity is sometimes simply the online translation of previously offline actions (young people don't listen to the radio, but they do listen to online music and podcasts), and in other cases, it's only possible in a digital environment (such as participating in virtual communities).
The study " Consume, create, play: an overview of digital phone number list leisure among young people, " prepared by the FAD Youth Foundation, explores all of this. It analyzes how Spanish adolescents and young people between the ages of 15 and 29 entertain themselves.
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And yes, the main conclusion is that digital leisure is fully integrated into the daily lives of young people : they listen to music online, watch videos, movies or series via streaming , connect to social networks and play video games.
But no: that doesn't mean that (everyone) is (merely) passive consumer , nor that everyone behaves the same, nor that they don't maintain a critical attitude, nor that these forms of digital entertainment can't be linked to learning. Between black and white, there's a very wide , varied, and diverse range of grays that it's worth knowing before passing judgment. If only to try to understand the online environment in which adolescents and young people operate and break down stereotypes.
In this blog we have already talked on other occasions about how Spanish teenagers use the Internet and social networks , and also about topics and realities about social networks, children and teenagers .
Now I bring you some keys on how Spanish youth consume, create and play online .
The study " Consume, create, play: an overview of digital phone number list leisure among young people, " prepared by the FAD Youth Foundation, explores all of this. It analyzes how Spanish adolescents and young people between the ages of 15 and 29 entertain themselves.
Buy the book "Social Networks and Minors" by Maria Lazaro at a discount.
And yes, the main conclusion is that digital leisure is fully integrated into the daily lives of young people : they listen to music online, watch videos, movies or series via streaming , connect to social networks and play video games.
But no: that doesn't mean that (everyone) is (merely) passive consumer , nor that everyone behaves the same, nor that they don't maintain a critical attitude, nor that these forms of digital entertainment can't be linked to learning. Between black and white, there's a very wide , varied, and diverse range of grays that it's worth knowing before passing judgment. If only to try to understand the online environment in which adolescents and young people operate and break down stereotypes.
In this blog we have already talked on other occasions about how Spanish teenagers use the Internet and social networks , and also about topics and realities about social networks, children and teenagers .
Now I bring you some keys on how Spanish youth consume, create and play online .