Wednesday 28 March 2012

Media Use Diary

PERSONAL MEDIA USE DIARY

 DATES
MOBILE PHONE (SMS, CALLS, APPS)
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
BLOGGING
EMAIL
GENERAL INTERNET SEARCHING
WATCHING TV
WATCHING TV/ MOVIES ONLINE
RADIO
NEWSPAPERS
ONLINE NEWS
MAGAZINES
MARCH 18
80 MINS
40 MINS
10 MINS
15 MINS
5 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
O MINS
40
MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 19
40 MINS
70 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
15 MINS
30 MINS
0 MINS
200 MINS
20 MINS
0 MINS
15 MINS
30 MINS
MARCH 20
45 MINS
15 MINS
0 MINS
70 MINS
15 MNINS
10 MINS
30 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 21
70 MINS
55 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
5 MINS
20 MINS
0 MINS
40 MINS
0 MINS
15 MINS
0 MINS
15 MINS
MARCH 22
60 MINS
40 MINS
10 MINS
30 MINS
10 MINS
20 MINS
0 MINS
40 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 23
50 MINS
35 MINS
10 MINS
180 MINS
0 MINS
5 MINS
0 MINS
100 MINS
0 MINS
20 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 24
45 MINS
40 MINS
15 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
40 MINS
35 MINS
15 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 25
40 MINS
35 MINS
5 MINS
40 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
15 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 26
50 MINS
40 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
20 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
10 MINS
30 MINS
MARCH 27
40 MINS
25 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
20 MINS
20 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
0 MINS
MARCH 28
60 MINS
40 MINS
0 MINS
30 MINS
15 MINS
20 MINS
0 MINS
30 MINS
0 MINS
10 MINS
0 MINS
20 MINS
TOTAL MINUTES OF USAGE
580 MINS
435 MINS
50 MINS
365 MINS
95 MINS
175 MINS
50 MINS
450 MINS
110 MINS
90 MINS
45 MINS
95  MINS


EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS OF MEDIA USE
After logging my media use over the past ten days, it is obvious that the media outlets I predominately use have changed considerably since I moved to Duchesne College from home in Mackay.  What lies behind my media use behaviour is definitely the environment I am living in, at home certain media outlets were much more accessible, and I would therefore use them to stay connected to the news.  At college this accessibility with certain media outlets changed, which made other media outlets more convenient to use. 

OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF MEDIA USE
My media diary shows that I spend a considerable amount of time on my iPhone, that graph illustrates exactly this.  I use my iPhone as my main source to find out what is going on in the world; I am constantly ‘googling’ whatever I think of and feel like I need to know instantly.  I use my phone to connect and communicate with my family and friends at home.  I use different iPhone APPS to read newspapers and magazines.  At home this would not happen, as we had a subscription to several different newspapers that I would regularly read.  Since I have moved to Duchesne College, although there are still newspapers here I find it much more convenient to use my iPhone to read the news online. 

If I was to log my media use three months ago there would be much more time spent watching television.  When I was at home I used television as one of my media outlets, I would watch morning and evening news programs.  Those news programs kept me updated on what was going on worldwide.  At college we do have access to a television, and I try to make myself watch the news in the morning but I find that I spend more time in my room watching television on my computer.  My media use diary shows that I spend a lot of time downloading movies and television episodes off the internet.  This behaviour is influenced by the environment I am living in, it is always more convenient to download television on the internet then to watch it in the common room at college. 

This graph shows exactly how little time I spend watching television.
After ten days of logging my Facebook usage, I realise that I spend way too much time on the social media outlet.  Not that it personally affects my life, but I am addicted to knowing what everyone else is saying and doing.  I also use Facebook to keep in contact with my family and friends that live overseas. 

In comparison to my peers that do JOUR1111 my behaviour in regards to the media outlets I use is quite different.  A large percentage of people listen to the radio, I very rarely listen to the radio in Brisbane as I am never travelling by car, and I just do not think of listening to podcasts on my computer.  Compared to my peers I also spend a lot less time watching television, at college I am never near a television, it is much more inconvenient here to watch television.  This media diary has made me realise how little I watch the news on the television, I know that in order to succeed at this course this is something that needs to change.