So after our class on post-broadcast era audiences, I wanted to reflect on the amount of media content I consume daily. To help liven it up I was going to just retrace my steps for today and comment on what I was doing. This is just an exercise for myself to see how much time I really do spend on the internet.
1130 – Woke up and instantly checked phone. Apps used
- YouTube
1255 – Got out of bed, got ready while still using my phone
- YouTube (for music of course)
1330 – Had “Breakfast”, still had phone
- Netflix
- YouTube
1348 – Took shower, used phone
- YouTube (yup more music)
1430 – Opened laptop to do “work”
- YouTube
- Tumblr
1724 – Toilet break, had my phone like every other person in the world
1739 – Dinner, still got my phone
- Netflix
- YouTube
1804 – More quality laptop time
- YouTube
2134 – “Bedtime” which means I’m still on my laptop but I have moved to my bed
- YouTube
- Netflix
Seeing all this has made me realise how much I actually use online media, and social media specifically. I check Facebook constantly, and although I use a lot of YouTube mainly for music I swear, it’s still really concerning how much time is used up on those things when I could put it towards completing actual work (like that popular culture group project or the annotated bibliography).
