According to a 2017 report released by Common Sense Media, children 8 years old and younger spend an average of two hours and 19 minutes a day on mobile devices, watching television, DVDs and videos, playing video games, computers and small digital devices like iPods and virtual reality headsets.
STRENGTHENING THE SIGNAL: A look at the community’s gaps in the electronic necessity called the Internet.
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Editor’s note: An experiment in journalism teamwork, the Long Beach Media Collaborative is made up of participants from the Press-Telegram, Long Beach Post, Grunion Gazette, and Long Beach Business Journal. The collaborative was initiated by the Long Beach Community Foundation and is funded in part by the Knight Foundation. The goal: To combine forces for in-depth, multi-platform reporting on poignant issues gripping the community. This project, Strengthening the Signal, explores the dearth of Internet access in some corners of the city — and mines potential solutions for bridging the gap. Find more content from LBMC participants here.