screen time

Or screen·time

[skreen tahym]

noun

1. the amount of time devoted to a particular actor, topic, plot line, etc., in a film or TV show.

   The female characters got less screen time than the male characters in all the film festival nominations.

2. Digital Technology.,  the amount of time a person spends watching or interacting with content on the screen of a computer, phone, TV, gaming console, etc..

   What's the maximum amount of screen time recommended for children under two?

Word History and Origins

Origin of screen time¹

First recorded in 1915–20, and in 1990–95 screen time for def. 2

Example Sentences

Falley gets some screen time to express her thoughts and feelings about her life with Gibson, but she also gets an opportunity to talk about her own body shame issues.

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Their skill set on the board landed them the part, but their presence influenced the production beyond their screen time.

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In just two scenes and roughly 10 minutes of screen time, Crudup’s Timothy — once a promising actor and now a child therapist who long ago walked away from the business — has to rekindle a friendship, surface decades of envy, swing from reminiscence to resentment and pick a fight that devolves into clumsy fisticuffs.

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An evaluation of more than 1,000 participants from two Danish studies found a clear connection: more recreational screen time was significantly associated with greater cardiovascular and overall cardiometabolic risk among children and adolescents.

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"Limiting discretionary screen time in childhood and adolescence may protect long-term heart and metabolic health," said study lead author David Horner, M.D.,

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