10 Signs Your Devices Are Hurting Your Relationships:
1. You can't get through a meal without emailing, texting or talking on the phone.
2. You look at more than one screen at a time, checking email while watching television, for example.
3. You regularly email or text, other than for something urgent, while your partner or another family member is with you.
4. You sleep with your phone near you, and you check your email or texts while in bed.
5. You log onto your computer while in bed.
6. You have had an argument with a loved one about your use of technology.
7. You text or email while driving.
8. You no longer go outside for fun.
9. You never turn off your phone.
10. When you spend time with your family—a meal, a drive, hanging out—each person is looking at a different screen.
What We're Doing Online
Online activities that Americans engaged in during November 2010, ranked according to the total number of minutes spent and the percentage of online time. Nielsen Co. calculated the ranking based on a panel of 200,000 people age 2 and older, some randomly selected and some recruited online.
| Rank | Category | Total Minutes (in billions) | Share of Time |
| 1 | Social Networks/Blogs | 63.5 | 23.8% |
| 2 | Online Games | 26.1 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 19.9 | 7.5 | |
| 4 | Portals | 10.9 | 4.1 |
| 5 | Videos/Movies* | 10.7 | 4.0 |
Source: Nielsen Co.
* Refers to time spent on video-specific and movie-related websites only. Doesn't include video streamed on other types of sites (i.e. sports or news sites).
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