Among teachers who say their students’ academic skills have been hurt by entertainment media use, the media most often cited as problematic are texting, social networking, video games, and television, depending on the students’ age.

For elementary school students, teachers consider video games (75%), television (61%), and computer games (60%) most problematic. For middle and high school students, teachers pointed most often to texting (81% of middle and 75% of high school teachers) and social networking (73% of middle and 69% of high school teachers).