There is so much content available in the online media space that it becomes problematic for the consumer to be separated from it. A person interacting with the online space has no chance of keeping up to date with all that goes on, but that seems to be the trap in some ways. First and foremost when looking at the only media that was documented, there appears to be several patterns that can be identified to support this. One of which is the checking of the phone first thing in the morning, every morning. It appears to be a habit of sorts to connect with the online media space, right from the start of the day. It is the space of time during sleep where you as a person is out of that online space, but the online space does not sleep. So you can feel like you have missed something that you would normally be consuming. Whether it be a message from a friend, notifications from various social media or the latest videos released in your subscription box from YouTube. There is no way to totally keep up, but you want to try anyway. Even when you have the opportunity to be separated from the online media, there is so much available at our fingertips with our phones. So when you’re on the move you can not only check up on everything in the online space, you can also easily consumer music and shows with streaming services like apple music and netflix.

Online media use is also influenced by online trends, whether politically or socially. So with so much content out there, there are alternatives for everything. From news outlets to entertainment it is all available from online sources, and a consumer does not just need to use the mainstream anymore. It is a way to justify a lot of media use, because so much of it is done now, instead of the alternative forms of getting information, like TV, newspapers or even conversing with people. The most interesting thing looking at the online media documentation, was the constant self awareness of what the patterns are, yet there was no actions taken to differentiate the media use. The patterns were made and continued on through the whole process. That was until a day the online media space was not consumable, because of a low battery phone. In this instance content from the online space was lessoned, yet, there was nothing that was really missed at all.