What Is Media

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Friday 6th September 2013
My Media Consumption – Media Diary

Platform
What ‘media’?
Time consumed?
Where were you?
Print
Billboards
Newspapers; The Times, Metro
Magazines
Posters
30 Minutes
Bed room
Living room
The train
Walking on the streets
Broadcast
Cinema
Radio
Mobile phone
Television
30 Minutes – 1 Hour
At home
Cinema
In the car
E-media
YouTube
Apps
E-mails
Blogs
Social networks
1 Hour
At home
Anywhere

1. What media do you consume the most?
I think that in general the media I consume the most is the television. There are many shows that I watch and keep up-to-date with and also the news is constantly on. Adverts are also a compulsory consumption as I try to watch my shows.

2. Are there any patterns?
I think that the majority of my time is spent on updating social network sites, and watching television as they are a good pass time. It allows me to keep up-to-date with news and events, even news from school. I also consume a lot of media from the radio as it is always on when driving in the car; it is even available at home on the television or as an app. The cinema is consumed by me as a way to socialise and it is a good event to go and do in spare time with either friends or family.

3. What platform do you spend the most time consuming? Can you explain why?
I spend most of my time consuming ‘E-media’ as it is easily accessible from many locations. E-media has become part of my everyday life, for example social networks, e-mails and YouTube. Therefore I take in a lot of the media and news that it offers. Social networks and e-mails have become a part