Monday-Friday
10:30am-Check weather, news and facebook on laptop before class. (15 minutes)
11:30am-Listen to Pandora on my phone on the way to class (8-10 minutes)
5:30pm (usually when I’m finished with class)-watch TV for 2-3 hours (varies depending on whether there are any good games going on.)
8:00pm- Pull out my laptop and facebook for an hour before I start doing work. Using Camino and other internet resources to do work takes about 2 hours a day. Usually listen to Pandora while doing work also.
11:00pm- when my work is finished I usually play around on the internet, usually on stumbleupon. (1 hr playing)
Throughout the day- Check espn.com on my phone to check news and scores (5 times a day 5 minutes each time), also check facebook app to see if I have any new notifications (7 times a day 5 minutes)
Also throughout the day- time spent text messaging and on phone= around 45 minutes a day
Time spent on different media:
Time spent on internet doing work- 2 hours
Time spent on facebook- 5 minutes per use 7 times a day=35 minutes+1 hour onlaptop= 1hr35 minutes
Time spent playing on internet- to check espn 5 times a day for 5 minutes= 25 minutes plus 1 hr after work is done= 1hr25 minutes
Time spent listening to music- 8 minutes per walk* 4 walks between classes and home per day=32 minutes +2 hours listening to music while doing work= 2 hrs32 mins
Time watching tv 2-3 hrs a day
So it turns out my media diet is pretty intense. At least 8-9 hours of my day are spent on my personal media, and this number is skewed because of all of the classes that I take (On the weekend it’s more like 12 hours). After reviewing this list, I realize that much of my media consumption comes as a result of having an iPhone that makes all of these mediums mobile. Even when I read books (the few times that I do) I usually do it on my phone. Compared to the average college student I think that my media consumption is less. Jenkins said that play is an important part of being an efficient Internet user, I feel that my Internet play has made me efficient enough so that I do not have to spend countless hours daily performing tasks on the Internet. Max Weber’s critique of a capitalist society is a pretty accurate depiction of todays society. We have rationalized that we need a constant influx of media so much that you always see people walking around on their phones completely oblivious to their surroundings. I am one of these people and I have never stopped to think how ridiculous it is to listen to music, text, and facebook all at the same time, while crossing a busy street. Even though I enjoy the luxuries of smart phones, they detract from the everyday interactions one needs in life. Because of this I think that phones should function as just that… phones!
I LOVED your blog. It's so true about the iPhone because I am also an iPhone addict. It DOES make so many things available all at once and instantaneously, so it 100% sucks us in as consumers! I thought it was funny how you said you were doing facebook, texting, and music while crossing a busy street haha, that mental image is one I see at least once a day (and probably something I've done myself!)
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if phones were just phones for once. I don't even know if that's an option anymore haha, but it really would take away a lot of our consumption of media.
You had some really good points and I thought your media diet was spot on for a college student!