As
far as Media Use Blogs go, I’m going to have to say that this will be the most
useless. Having 9 out of the last fourteen days without internet in my house is
quite the blot in the copy book when it comes to my Media Use. However, seeing
as though we can’t let such setbacks set us back much so I’ll make the most of
the data I have collected.
Let’s
start, as I tend to, with comparing myself to others. I’m sure I could go into
a big scientific exposition and conduct tests and experiments pertaining to the
direct influence that the internet has on the lives of the youth and yadda
yadda teen binge drinking yadda yadda Kony 2012 yadda yah. But to quote Oasis, “I’m
sure, you’ve heard it all before” so I’ll keep that to a minimum.
According to the survey, I’m a
sheep. A follower. A pedestrian who lives within a very tight mould of a
Journalism One One One One student. Apart from being a male, the only
difference between me and the majority is my Samsung phone. It’s like we’re all
playing Simon Says and everyone wants to win. To take a closer look at this let
me put all my puns on the table right now, and serve it up for you.
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Socialising
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Uni Work
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Entertainment
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Reading
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Facebook
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Phone
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Twitter
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Blogging
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A.R.I.U
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Television
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TheChive
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Gaming
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Internet
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Print
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Monday
19/3
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2
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1
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0.5
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0.5
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0
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0
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0.5
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1
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0.5
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2
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Tuesday
20/3
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1.5
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2.5
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0
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0
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2
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0
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0.5
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0
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0.5
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1
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Wednesday
21/3
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1.5
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1.5
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0
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0.5
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1.5
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Thursday
22/3
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2
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2
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0
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0
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3
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Friday
23/3
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3
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1.5
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0
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0
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2
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0
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1
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1
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0
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0.5
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Saturday
24/3
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3.5
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2.5
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.5
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1.5
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0.5
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1
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Sunday
25/3
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2
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3
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0.5
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0
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0
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0.5
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Monday
26/3
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1.5
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2
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0
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0
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2
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0
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1
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1
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0
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1
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Tuesday
27/3
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2
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1.5
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0.5
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1.5
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0
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0.5
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Wednesday
28/3
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2.5
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2
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0.5
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0
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0.5
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0.5
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Total
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Facebook
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Phone
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Twitter
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Blogging
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A.R.I.U
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Television
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TheChive
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Gaming
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I.R.
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Print
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1
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21.5
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19.5
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0.5
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1
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12
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1
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7
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6
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3
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8.5
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*Here are some quick administrivia points about the
table. For the sake of nice numbers I’ve rounded everything to the nearest half
an hour. A.R.I.U: whilst it sounds very official, merely stands for Academic
Related Internet Use.
I assume you skimmed
over that, so let’s take a look at a graph because everyone loves a good graugh.
One
equivalent that can be drawn between the lines of my media use and the survey
is that my internet use is just a little bit higher than average; for example
on the fourth day of media use my true love gave to me 6 hours of internet use
(about twice the amount your average Journalism student would use).
As
seen on the graph I don’t watch a lot of television, I don’t tweet and I try
not to blog (don’t worry I’m writing about my lectures still) but I do try to
read at least half an hour a night, be it books, articles on the internet or
very rarely print media. I follow the Chive fairly religiously but the biggest
eater of my time is most obviously Facebook. I couldn’t tell you why, but I am obsessed
with checking out what Sarah wore on Saturday, or what Eric thinks about Tammy’s
break up. Again I fit right in, with 91% of the course also professing their
obsessing with FB.
There
is just so potential analysis yet so little space to do it in! It’s a bit
frustrating, but like a Scrabble player with no vowels I’m out of words. I hope
you found this insightful and interesting rather than repetitive and regurgitative.
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