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.