For STS 321, we were asked to record a “media log” of how we interact with media over a course of a day. Here are my results:
Thursday is not a good day for me to do a media log. I’m in class from 8 a.m until 12:15 p.m. with no break, except today I overslept and missed my first class. I grab lunch and go to work. I send some e-mails and am currently working on a large-scale database migration. I head back to class and then come home early, as the STS 321 class is cancelled.
I ended up going to sleep very late last night and I’m still tired, so I come home and take a short nap. Then I do a little reading, with no TV or radio, followed by a visit to the gym with my roommate. I get back home and spend a couple of hours on the phone. While on the phone, the discussion included some facts that required verification. I checked out a couple of web sites and looked up an old e-mail to check.
The hour struck 12 and the media log turned back into a pumpkin.
In short, on Thursdays, I’m isolated. Short of work and my nightly phone routine, I stay in my own world. On MWF, I engage more with the world. I stop by Wikipedia and sometimes edit an article or two and I’ll watch a little TV after work. I’ll read a hard copy of The Daily Texan and the soft copy of a few newspapers. But, on Thursdays, I’m isolated.
Thursday is not a good day for me to do a media log. I’m in class from 8 a.m until 12:15 p.m. with no break, except today I overslept and missed my first class. I grab lunch and go to work. I send some e-mails and am currently working on a large-scale database migration. I head back to class and then come home early, as the STS 321 class is cancelled.
I ended up going to sleep very late last night and I’m still tired, so I come home and take a short nap. Then I do a little reading, with no TV or radio, followed by a visit to the gym with my roommate. I get back home and spend a couple of hours on the phone. While on the phone, the discussion included some facts that required verification. I checked out a couple of web sites and looked up an old e-mail to check.
The hour struck 12 and the media log turned back into a pumpkin.
In short, on Thursdays, I’m isolated. Short of work and my nightly phone routine, I stay in my own world. On MWF, I engage more with the world. I stop by Wikipedia and sometimes edit an article or two and I’ll watch a little TV after work. I’ll read a hard copy of The Daily Texan and the soft copy of a few newspapers. But, on Thursdays, I’m isolated.
| Time | TV | Radio | Magazine/Newspaper | Cell Phone | Mobile Music | Web | Other Online |
| Midnight – 3 a.m. | Awake, no media interaction | ||||||
| 3 a.m. | 5 minutes: Left IM message for one person | ||||||
| 4 a.m. – 8 a.m. | Sleep, no media interaction | ||||||
| 8 a.m. | 5 minutes: Checked e-mail, nothing vital for school | ||||||
| 9 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Class, no media interaction | ||||||
| 12 Noon |
1 minute: Left voicemail |
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1 p.m. – 3 p.m. |
2 hours: E-mail (at work) | ||||||
| 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. | No media interaction | ||||||
| 6 p.m. | 40 minutes: Phone Call | ||||||
| 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. | No media interaction | ||||||
| 10 p.m. | 2 hours: Phone Call | Top-Down Media: UT UHS Site Bottom-Up Media: Wikipedia |
E-Mail: Looked up old e-mail | ||||
| 11 p.m. | |||||||
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