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Media Usage Diary

Journalism 1111

Jess OMahony42921507


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Aims and Objectives

Over the course of this report I Intend to compare my Media Usage to that ofmy peers in Journalism whilst also divulging what drives me to use certaintype of media sources over others and how it connects to journalism andcommunication as a whole.

I am a Domestic student which coincides with 82.6% of students

I am female as are 70.1% of students in this particular course And Im also, along with 48.5% doing a Bachelor of Arts as well as being at

my second semester of my first year along with 52.1% others.

However I am in the minority in age range being in the 21-25 bracket alongwith 15% of people taking this course.


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Graph showing the extent of my media

consumption

(6/8/2012-16/8/2012)

Media Usage Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10

Facebook 30 mins 15 mins 20mins 0 5mins 0 0 30mins 15mins 45mins

Youtube 1 hour 2 hours 3hours 45mins 30mins 2hours 20 1hour 30 2hours 2hours 1hour

Blog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30mins

Twitter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5mins

Emailing 45 mins 1 hour 15mins 30mins 25mins 15mins 5mins 30mins 40mins 10mins

Skype 2 hours 0 0 0 2 hours 0 0 0 1 hour 1 hour 30

General Surfing 15 mins 0 0 0 0 0 0 10mins 0 1hour

Studying and Research 1 hour 30 mins 1 hour 2 hours 45mins 1hour 45 1hour 30 50mins 1hour 2hours

Shopping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Radio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Texting 20 mins 10 mins 15mins 5mins 10mins 10mins 20mins 15mins 5mins 15mins

Newspaper 0 0 0 0 5mins 0 0 0 0 0

WordDocument 1.5 1 hour 30mins 2 hours 3hours 1hour 45 25mins 45mins 1hour 30mins

Books 2 hours 45 mins 30 mins 50mins 1 hour 2 hours 1 hour 2hours 3hours 3hours


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Hours over ten days spent on each media

Media Usage Total

Facebook 2hours 40 mins

Youtube 16 hours

Blog 30 mins

Twitter 5 mins

Emailing 4 hours 50mins

Skype 6 hours 30mins

General Surfing 1 hour 25mins

Studying and Research 12 hours 20mins

Shopping 0

Radio 0

Tv 0

Texting 2 hours 5 mins

Newspaper 5 mins

WordDocument 12 hours 45mins

Books 16 hours 5 mins


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Internet Media Usage Evaluated:

FacebookCompared to 43% of my cohort who spend most of their time online

using Facebook I rarely and infrequently use it. As shown from the

data collected over ten days I only used it for 2 hours and 40

minutes. I believe this is due to not feeling the need to connect to

acquaintances whereas I either email my friends or text/call them via

phone or Skype.The most used app was Facebook at 81.2% which in the day and age

of the up and coming interconnecting Web 3.0 is unsurprising, half

the time I go one Facebook would be through my phone app.

Facebook is a medium that emerged rapidly over the last few years and

is paving the way for the new interconnected web 3.0.


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Twitter and Blogging

I dont use other media sources like twitter and blogging that much and wasrelieved to see that neither did the majority of my cohorts.

61.2% said they didnt even have a twitter account before signing up tojournalism and likewise for blogging at 61.8%.

I agree that in terms of connecting journalism and communications to the

masses this type of Internet media (twitter, blogging, facebook) is key. Thetype of news that these sources generate is 24/7 and has opened theplatform for many voices that would have been unheard or silenced inearlier years.


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Youtube

Due to everything going viral these days I tend to use YouTube quite abit for background music. From this graph over the ten day period Ican see that I spend a shamefully considerable amount of time 16hours using which is way above average as only 7.9% of studentsuse it for this purpose.

Even so the fact that so many videos have gone viral in a matter ofyears gives people and organizations yet another platform (besidestwitter, facebook or blogging) to promote their cause or highlightinjustice.


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Skype and Email

55.2.% people use Skype when they go online and I would be one of those. Ispend a considerable amount of time chatting to my family and friends onSkype. This is particularly handy as all of these are overseas calls. Which Idont have to pay obscene amounts to place one call.

84.8% of people use emailing whilst online which puts me in the majority as Ifrequently use it 4 hours 50 minutes over ten days. Generally I use it to

contact people and set up meetings or just to chat and catch up with myfamily and friends overseas.


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Texting, General Surfing and Study

Having a Blackberry puts me in a minority of 6.1% whist 53.9% of people seem to have

an iphone.

All these smart phones have to same end result; the ability to use the internet and check

emails or Facebook.

24.8% spent 3-4 hours using the internet and during my daily recording was surprised to

see that I was in that majority whilst previously thinking I only used 1-2 hours.

I dont use the internet much for general surfing (only 1 hour 25 mins) but I do however

find Im draw to the internet to study 12 hours 20mins over the 10 days (more out of

habit) and have to my shame forgotten how to study from books.

But with every available resource at my fingertips how could I resist.


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Print Media

Rarely do I use print media as a news source however I do use it

considerably when studying 12 hours 45 on Microsoft word or

reading books 16 hours. Thankfully after all this internet use I still

know how to read.

Even though print media was the leading source of information and the

news over several decades I believe that journalism and

communications are going to have to evolve if they want to stay in

the game.


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Conclusion

Over a period of ten days I have been surprised by how little /if not at

all I use print media as a news source as well as the amount of time

spent on the internet mainly due to work and I must confess a little

procrastination.

I believe the journalism and communications have a great many more

medians to perform from then ever before and we have to grasp and

experiment with these concepts to make them work for us.

I have enjoyed documenting this report and have been both ashamed and

surprised at my media habits.

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