| Sunday | Monday |
| Math book-1hr | Cell phone-30 min |
| Computer-6hrs | Alarm |
| Ichat | Check email |
| Check homework assignments | Skype |
| Online homework reading | Phone call |
| Check email | Presentation-3hrs |
| Online shopping | Powerpoint in class |
| Social networks | Technology book-1hr |
| TV-2hrs | Computer-7hrs |
| Movie: Just Married | Word processor |
| Check online homework | |
| Online homework reading | |
| Check email | |
| Social networks | |
| Ichat | |
| Tuesday | Wednesday |
| Cell phone-10 min | Cell phone-30 min |
| Alarm | Alarm |
| Check email | Check email |
| Math book-1.5hrs | Skype |
| Computer-7hrs | Text |
| Check online homework | Presentation-3hrs |
| Online homework reading | Powerpoint in class |
| Check email | Computer-5hrs |
| Social networks | Terminal |
| Ichat | Social networks |
| Terminal | Check online homework |
| Online homework reading | |
| Check email | |
| Ichat | |
| Thursday | |
| Cell phone-10 min | |
| Alarm | |
| Check email | |
| Hispanic Theology book-1hr | |
| Math book-2hrs | |
| Video-2hrs | |
| In class | |
| Computer-5hrs | |
| Blogger | |
| Social networks | |
| Check online homework | |
| Online homework reading | |
| Check email | |
| Ichat | |
| TV-1hr | |
| Two and a half men |
Analysis:
When looking at my media diet, on the whole it says about me that I use a lot of it and most likely am very dependent on it. I am mostly on the internet for school, but its very distracting. I can be on one site, and then see some link to another one or think of something I was supposed to look at and voila, distraction at its best. One thing not noted is that I am actually on my phone all day, so I'm always connected: emails, chat, calls, text, and social networks. Another thing that is not noted is that I am not usually using only one media at a time, mostly mutitasking so the times shown may be misleading. I do basically the same thing everyday with media: homework and browse internet when bored or distracted.
I feel that people my age do exactly the same thing more or less. Everyone is always on their phones or on the internet. You hardly come across people who don’t use their laptops or don’t watch tv or don’t have phones with a million capabilities. This shows us that the American society as a whole is getting lazy. We use one thing to do billions. This also goes for interacting with people. The media of today is very convenient and keeps people connected. In other words, it is much easier to stay in touch with people. Instead of going out to find someone to tell them something, a lot of people will just send out a text or email or go on to some social networking site. It will be interesting to see the evolution of social skills throughout the next generations.
As for changing the way I use media, it would be nice to lay off all of it for a while, but I know that I have become way too reliant upon them to quit. I love having my emails waiting for me when I wake up and being able to sit at my computer and find the load of information with just one click.
I have not begun tracking my media usage yet but I believe that I have a similar usage pattern to yours. I tend to use my computer more than the television. I noticed that you use the Terminal during your computer usage. I do the same thing because many of my programming classes require that I use it to compile code or perform other tasks. Similar to you (maybe), the computer is the center of both my entertainment and my work. This can be quite distracting!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tracked my media usage yet either but I believe it will be similar as well. When thinking about what I use the most the Internet is the first that comes to mind. As a college student, I feel that most of the time I spend on the web is for classes (or information for classes), some social networking (not as much as I used to), email (friends, family, professors) and for procrastination/boredom. The internet has really become not only incredibly important for my school work, but also a big part of my daily life. The internet allows you to listen to music, watch shows/movies, play games, talk to people (face-to-face, phone-like, or instant messaging/messaging), get the news, watch the news, shop and find out pretty much anything you would ever want to know (with about thousands of options per topic). I don't really find it all the surprising that we use internet as much as we do as its capabilities seem endless
ReplyDeleteI started tracking my media usage and this is generally how I feel about my media consumption is like. I noticed that you dont really use Facebook. This is good, because I noticed that most of my time online would be me wasting time on Facebook. Maybe this was a personal problem, but I think this is really common for a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteThe more I read these the more I want to compile them into a qualitative analysis... Stay ... When i get more we will discuss the media we consume!
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