LONDON: Tweeting and texting while watching TV is supplanting the traditional water-cooler chat about the previous night's viewing among increasingly media-savvy Britons, the country's telecoms regulator has found.
"Just a few years ago, we would be talking about last night's TV at work or at school. Now, we're having those conversations live while watching TV — using social media, text and instant messaging," James Thickett, director of research at regulator Ofcom, said.
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