How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers

December 9, 2009 This report was written by Roger E. Bohn, Global Information Industry Center, University of California, San Diego, and James E. Short, Global Information Industry Center, University of California, San Diego. They write that in 2008, Americans consumed information for about 1.3 trillion hours, an average of almost 12 hours per day. "Information" is defined as flows of data delivered to people and measured by bytes, words, and hours of consumer information. If hours or words are used as the measurement, information sources are more widely distributed, with substantial amounts from radio, Internet browsing, and others. Two . . .