I’ve been logging my media use since Saturday for my Digital Communications Theory class.
So far I’ve had two revelations:
1.) I have so little time, I barely found time to blog now.
2.) I have so little time this semester, that my traditional Media usage has ch
anged dramatically.
I’ve especially noticed that my entertainment and news use has decreased. And I actually use my phone less than I think I do, especially since I have to think about logging it! I’ve noticed that I average about 5 minutes of phone time every few hours. Except in the morning and at night, before I am ready for the day and before I’m ready to sleep.
It’s like my morning news edition and evening news edition. (Which is funny because I actually use yahoo news ap to get two editions of news a day, even though I don’t read that first when I do my news reading.)
I’ve been using Google Sheets to keep track of my usage. And these are the things I have to keep track of:
- Medium used
- Day
- time
- Time end
- length of time
- Specific Reasons for use Location Used
- Effects of Use
- Any surprises, new perceptions, or validations?
At this point, I’ve been pretty good at gathering the data, and not yet had a chance to really analyze it.