JULIA'S MEDIA USE DIARY. LOUD AND PROUD 8/3-20/3

My Media: MEDIA USE DIARY


10 days coverage 8/3/2012-21/3/2012

Blog for Media Use Diary Record of Media Use over 10 days:

A close follow through the world of media and its relatives: An individual perspective and day in the life of a Jour1111 student in the media.

From Thurs 8/03/2012 – Thurs 22/03/2012  

DAY 1 8/3

Today I spoke on the phone for a total of 30 mins. I also used facebook for brief communication with friends I don’t see much. 30 mins I probably also mainly use the web for online banking. I watch quite a few podcasts on youtube and listen to music.

Downloaded music and searched for entertainment. New Media 45 mins. I would also use phone banking and look up directions from the vast variety of media available from an i-phone!

I used media to check twitter and create twitter account. Also, listened to cd’s and sets of teaching files! Did this with little sis tonite…total 1 hour.

MEDIA USE DIARY DAYS DAY 2

 9/3  

I have been meaning to Skype with my best friend who lives in London for over 2 weeks now! Facebook, online banking and email check also, 30 mins

I also use Media for roughly 20 minutes a day on podcasts. I do not have a smart phone but do have an i-phone and I use this more and more.

Total Media Use 4.5 hours

MEDIA USE DIARY DAYS 

 Day 3

10/3

Saturday. I used hardly any media today. Facebook use accounted for 30 mins new media time and a few phonecalls back and forth between my sister accounted for 45 mins old media.  Also add 15 mins for mobile phone use between friends,Telephone call with mum, and also looked up where to buy flowers from on the internet at work. This took 1 hour online time. Additionally, internet purchase and research for = 30 mins online training. 1 hour of phone calls. Went straight out that night, texting on phone during dinner and watch podcasts 30 min internet when got home!                                   
OLD MEDIA

Total = 5 hours

Media Use Diary Days! Day 4 11/3 Sunday! 

Day 4 11/3

This included possibly 25 mins internet time. I went to church tonight and listened to music and watched lights on stage. Also, watched power point presentation and used photocopying machine. 30 mins

Had phone stolen. Prior to this, I had been an avid user of my brand new I phone. + Apple store phone, internet computer interest and use 3 hours!

Total = 4.5 hours

My Media Use Diary Day 5 12/3 Monday

12/3

Called tech support for computer fault at work, checked online banking during work break and did transfer, total of 15 mins media use, coupled with listening to music for 1 hour as I drove to and from work.

 I went on face book to organise to Skype with friend overseas. Also, I used text and facebook to organise dinner with family. Online reading too for 25 mins.                                                   NEW MEDIA

Total = 3 hours.

Media Use Diary Day 6 13/3

13/3

Few short phone calls. 20 mins I used media for total of 5 hours. Uni reading total 2 hours. Limited to using the internet for online banking emails and facebook, email and internet for uni work. I read an e-zine. I also use the internet for bible gateway and looking up verses. Used a foreign student Samsung galaxy phone. 10 mins Checked facebook 10 mins and saved all my work to student hard-drive. 3 hours online for uni today.

Day 7 14/3

Let’s start this morning with already online readings, emails, productions and registered interested in School of Journalism production. Also, I went to the labs before lecture and printed slides and also went to the lecture. I watched a highly informative media used power point presentation. 1 hour usage.  After this, I texted on my phone and then went to the computer labs to start on my next piece of assessment. Online media use there 2 hours.

15/3

20 mins internet use, 4 hours reading, 1 hour online

Media Use Diary  16/3   

Day 9

Have been doing online banking. 10 mins. Used face book with sister last night. Listened to radio- 30 minutes. Online training at work 3 hours. I have also used old media, such as T.V, email Newspaper to look for  car. I went to church and watched Power Point and listened to music- 2 hours freedom to create for ourselves and be in charge of our assessment.

Media Use 17/3    

Day 10

Looked for cars in Newspaper again. Old media use 60 mins. Spent 30 mins old media. Have spent a total of 3 hours online doing work and internet readings for uni. Printed some slides. Spoke on phone for half an hour. Used Aunty’s i-phone=20mins.
Total 4.75 hours media use for Saturday.

Media Use Diary 18/3

Day 11

I spoke to insurance claim company on phone (handset land-line) for 15mins. I did online training at work for possible 3 hours at work. Spoke to family and texted friends total of 1 hour. Did facebook check and catch up for over 1 hour. I also used a considerable amount of time doing online banking tonite. Total 6 hours

Media Use Diary Day 12 19/03

19/3 Monday Day 12 Media Use
Few texts and phonecalls. Listened to radio on way to uni and used internet for online readings and used echo 360 today for first time. Also blogged, so total media use 3 hours for online work, phone, internet, t.v and radio.

Media use Diary 20/3

Day 13

Facebook 30 mins. 1 hour email in touch with tutors. 2 hour c'ds in car on way to uni. Watched powerpoints at church and at uni for study and clarification. 30 mins. Did some online reading and spoke on mobile phone, total 25 mins and 2 hours all day. Spoke on phone to sister for 30 mins and took an extra 20 mins in morning listening to news on radio. Read paper for 30 mins. Also 60 mins T.V. Total old media time 2 hours. Watched tv and more online reading so add on 2 hours!

TOTAL MEDIA 10.5 hours!

Analysis and Conclusion

To draw an analysis, in comparison to other students, I probably am not as much of an avid Facebook user as percentage of other students. However, I joined the masses of students who only have one Facebook account and no twitter account. Plus, I also joined the majority who did not have a blogging account. I drew similarities here. I have i-phone like 44.2% of students and use my facebook app most. Furthermore, like the majority of the jour1111 co-hort, I use the internet for 2-3 hours per day. I concur with other students who listen to the radio for under 1 hour, have a  P.C  and get my news online. I do not have an E-Reader or Tablet and agree that although surveys are helpful, they are not enjoyable.

I deduced that I spent the most time either on the phone or online doing readings. I also used the internet quite considerably for online banking and also used blackboard for online readings and journal articles. I did spend some time watching t.v but not too much for fear of falling behind elsewhere. However those doco’s sure are interesting and spent time listening to radio also, Social networking I used quite a bit too, face booking, blogging and plenty of time on blackboard. Emails were another huge usage. I did some lazy podcast listening to and also read some e-zines, which I had never done before. I found this useful and informative. Spent a lot of time in old media too, as is evident, reading textbooks and listening to newsworthy programs on the radio, so quite a bit of radio usage.

These graphs are quite comprehensive. Thus, it is evident that the majority of media usage time spent was on useful pass times such as online readings, email, internet and as a whole was more for educational purposes rather than entertainment and pleasure.