Charlie bit my cognitive surplus

"You can say this for the technological revolution; it's cut way down on television." So writes Rebecca Christian in a column for the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque. She's not alone in assuming that the increasing amount of time we devote to the web is reducing the time we spend watching TV. It's a common assumption. And, like many common assumptions, it's wrong. Despite the rise of digital media - or perhaps because of it - Americans are watching more TV than ever. The Nielsen Company has been ...