Friday, 18 April 2014

Too much exposure to Media?

So I decide to take a week and track how my media exposure actually breaks down. It would be fair to say that I was quite surprised by the amount that I
am. The biggest change I have noticed has been my smart phone and how i use it. I mean all of us these day use it everyday. 

It Begins

Its starts in the morning its my alarms it wakes me up, then i'll have a look at the news on it, check my Hotmail for any e-mails, the check my Facebook and because I have to use it now even my twitter. I'm not saying its replaced everything in my life I still need my big TV and my laptop for downloads and such. The phone has become very useful but I still prefer the bigger laptop screen for certain tasks.As afternoon approaches I get stuck into moodle, check DKIT web mail, maybe write a blog or do a project. By lunch time take it easy maybe watch some tv, or check out facebook. Then into either into study or training and by end of that stage its six or seven.On the days I head to college I have noticed I use my phone a lot more than I usually do perhaps to kill the time on the bus, something I hadn't noticed till starting this blog. By the end of the night i might drop a few text messages and watch a little TV.
I Drew up a pie chart to illustrate the roughly how my media exposure breaks down


Where It all Goes

From the pie chart most of my exposure comes from the internet laptop, closely followed by the internet on my phone. Quite surprising really, it makes me wonder how much it was back before smartphone. TV is quite low again and I had to take in whatever my someone else might be watching whilst I was in the same room I would still be exposed to it even if I was not fully aware of it.





Is It Too Much

Is the media exposure too much? Personally I don't see a problem with it, we have easier lives due to it and knowledge at our finger tips, its almost impossible to escape and would we really want to? Well that question is really up to you the reader is it?
I leave you with this video on media as food for thought

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