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**tutkarussia** · 06-13-2006, 08:00 AM

Poll: Bangkok youth use cell phones 3 hrs/day

BANGKOK, Dec 3 (TNA) – Most Bangkok teenagers spend an average of three hours every day talking on cell phones, while they are occupied 16 minutes a day with reading newspapers, according to a recent poll conducted by the Assumption University ABAC Poll.

The poll, conducted among 1,262 students and youth in Bangkok from November 26 to December 2, found that 95.7 per cent of the respondents spent an average of three hours per day talking on their mobile phones, followed by 94.6 per cent watching television an average of four hours a day, 88.3 per cent using computers for an average of three hours, 79.9 per cent on the internet for three hours and 77.4 per cent listening to radio programs on average for three hours per day.

Students in the capital spent only 16 minutes daily on reading newspapers and 75.1 per cent, or about three-fourths of the respondents, said they read some news on page one while over half--just 51.6 per cent--said they read magazines, but spent just 26 minutes a day on them.

According to Noppadol Kannikar, ABAC Poll director, Bangkok youths are not interested in reading, but prefer talking, watching TV and listening to radio, rather than following up news themselves.

The poll, he said, showed that 48.3 per cent of the respondents loved to chat on Internet an average of two hours a day while 45.4 per cent sent text messages and pictures via cell phones twice a day.

As many as 86.7 per cent of the respondents paid an average of Bt423.50 for monthly cell phone expenses while the rest had no idea as they did not pay the bill themselves.

Another concern lies on the fact that as many as 32.4 per cent watched porn pictures on websites and only 8 per cent watched 'clean' websites, according to the poll. (TNA)

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tutkarussia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	Thai Youth poll Poll: Bangkok youth use cell phones 3 hrs/day BANGKOK, Dec 3 (TNA) – Most Bangkok teenagers spend an average of three hours every day talking on cell phones, while they are occupied 16 minutes a day with reading newspapers, according to a recent poll conducted by the Assumption University ABAC Poll. The poll, conducted among 1,262 students and youth in Bangkok from November 26 to December 2, found that 95.7 per cent of the respondents spent an average of three hours per day talking on their mobile phones, followed by 94.6 per cent watching television an average of four hours a day, 88.3 per cent using computers for an average of three hours, 79.9 per cent on the internet for three hours and 77.4 per cent listening to radio programs on average for three hours per day. Students in the capital spent only 16 minutes daily on reading newspapers and 75.1 per cent, or about three-fourths of the respondents, said they read some news on page one while over half--just 51.6 per cent--said they read magazines, but spent just 26 minutes a day on them. According to Noppadol Kannikar, ABAC Poll director, Bangkok youths are not interested in reading, but prefer talking, watching TV and listening to radio, rather than following up news themselves. The poll, he said, showed that 48.3 per cent of the respondents loved to chat on Internet an average of two hours a day while 45.4 per cent sent text messages and pictures via cell phones twice a day. As many as 86.7 per cent of the respondents paid an average of Bt423.50 for monthly cell phone expenses while the rest had no idea as they did not pay the bill themselves. Another concern lies on the fact that as many as 32.4 per cent watched porn pictures on websites and only 8 per cent watched 'clean' websites, according to the poll. (TNA)
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