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Canadians prefer TV to Facebook, Twitter: poll

If forced to choose between television and social media, a recent survey suggests most Canadians would choose the small screen over status updates.

TV trumps social media for a whopping 73% of Canadians, which is significantly higher than the 58% of the survey's global participants who prefer their favourite shows over Facebook sharing.

"North Americans are TV's biggest fans, with 73% choosing it over social media, followed by Europeans at 66%," reports 24 Hours Vancouver.

But aside from Europe, television does not hold sway over social media in the rest of the world.

"In Africa and the Middle East, for example, social media now reigns supreme, with 54% preferring to give up TV," the report states, based on the findings of an Ipsos Reid survey. "In Brazil, Russia, India and China, 58% chose social networking."

The study also reveals that the youth around the world — those 35 and under, many of whom have grown up with the emergence of social networks — were split 50/50 between the two mediums, an observation Ipsos Reid believes "could be a harbinger of what's to come."

If faced with this ultimatum, what would you choose? TV or Twitter? Let us know in the comments below.

(Screengrab 24 Hours Vancouver)