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Consuming media and communicating takes 11 hours
and 7 minutes out of an average Briton's day, a jump of more
than two hours since 2010, from 8 hours and 48 minutes, it said.
Smartphones, which are now used by 61 percent of people, and
tablet computers were behind the rise, Ofcom said, as they allow
people to stay connected while on the move.
New technology was also behind work encroaching more and more
into people's personal time, with six in 10 people doing work
tasks outside working hours and 10 percent reading and sending
work related emails and texts in bed, the survey found.
On the flip side, Britons use email at work for personal reasons
and one in five shop online in the office.
Many people made telephone calls and surf the web at the same
time as they watch television or listen to the radio, so the
total volume of 11 hours 7 minutes is squeezed into 8 hours 41
minutes, or 20 minutes longer than they sleep, Ofcom said.
Watching television remained the most popular individual
activity, consuming nearly three hours of the average adult's
day, the 2014 Communications Market Report said.
Ofcom's research also showed that the most tech-savvy people are
teenagers.
People reach a peak of digital understanding at 14-15 years,
while children at age six show the same knowledge of new
technology as the average 45-year-old, said Ofcom, which
surveyed nearly 2,000 adults and 800 children.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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