Teens spend nearly 18 hours with media a day, according to a new survey by Ipsos Media. About 30 percent of that time is spent perusing content created by their friends. That’s nearly as much time as the average teen spends with more traditional forms of entertainment (watching television, listening to the radio or reading) combined.

Granted, there’s a lot of overlap by multitasking teens: posting to Facebook while watching television, for instance. The Internet takes up by far the biggest chunk of a teen’s media time, claiming 20 percent. Next up is watching live television (13% of a teen’s media time), followed by watching pre-recorded television and playing video games (10% each). (MediaPost)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.