"Multi-task lite"?

The media question of the day according to USA Today is this:

As U.S. children are exposed to 8 1/2 hours of TV, video games, computers and other media a day — often at once — are they losing the ability to concentrate? Are their developing brains becoming hard-wired to “multi-task lite” rather than learn the focused critical thinking needed for a democracy?

This appparently is the concern raised by a recent media study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. So if you thought the children's attention spans were getting shorter ... you were right! USA Today provides the main stats here and the original report is here.