An interesting experiment has commenced 2 weeks ago as I tried to find a specific pattern for my media usage. Well, media usage differs from person to person, and I noticed many people has suggested that Facebook is one of the item that we should included. However, since I'm not always ON Facebook, I prefer taking it as a part of my Internet browsing usage. Also, I have categorised them into several sectors: Multimedia (YouTube, videos, music, Podcast, Internet browsing), Circulation (TV and newspaper), and Creation. (Blog, photographs)
I'll highlight a few things that I found interesting in my usage traits.
TV vs Internet browsing
Looking at my table I have filled in for the past 2 weeks, I don't really see much of a surprise for me. I've always been spending tremendous time on Internet since there aren't much to watch on TV unless it's Masterchefs, which usually I would watch while having my dinner. But since it's over now there is this lame Renovator show running, I probably would only watch 6:30 with George Negus and the 7PM Project at night, both are the favourite TV show at night. I don't even watch anything else so I can say the TV's purpose was either watch cartoons or news.
Music vs Video
I'm a music collector, so during web browsing I tend to listening to my music as well, but in some occasion, I'll stop the music when I have to concentrate writing my blog and typing news entries. Video is another sector I really love, because I usually watch movies on my laptop since I don't have a DVD player around, and YouTube videos are always my breakfast TV of choice. Watching YouTuber's new video is the best thing to do to start your day! During weekends when I have more time, I'd watch even more YouTube videos before I get to my first meal of the day, depending on what time I usually wake up.
A funny thing is, as I put it onto a line chart, I found myself having quite a similar trends in the middle of the chart as you can see. Maybe as I watch more video that day means that I would listen to more music?
Internet browsing vs Newspaper
Ha ha ha. I am just proving a point here that I have never picked up a single issue of newspaper for the past 14 days. Well, I don't have a habit on paying $1.5 every day just to feed my consuming needs because I don't really like the feel of the newspaper. After you finish your paper, your hands get dirty and you have to wash it. Unlike Internet version of newspaper, like Courier Mail, Brisbane Times, The Australians, they all have their own website for me to visit. And Mum! Clean hands! They've got all the main news covered there, although you'd have to pay for some some premium content. So I found newspaper is not doing anything for me.
Media creation
I have my own blog but I usually only post once in a few while, because that blog was meant for me to spit out my thoughts about something I am mad at. But the journalism blog that I started out since the 2nd week of uni, I found myself posting almost every day, since I want to treat it as my ground to polish my writing skills. I would spend sometimes over an hour on some articles like Focus and Donny Recommends section. Well, all and all, it's an interesting thing for me to devote in, and I love it so far.
For other kinds of media creation, I take photographs. Quite a lot. But strangely I found myself taking less after I got in uni, but that doesn't hurt me as I only get out in some weekends and take things that I love to see it framed as a picture.
Wrap-up
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| Detailed chart of my usage in the past 14 days. Click to enlarge! |
So there you go! Even though I have to log my media usages, I didn't change my habits in order to make the chart look 'beautiful' or fabricated. I just do my normal routine, and as I finish, I log that in as I go. Again, this is a very interesting experiment I've worked on. I hope I could see how other classmates did theirs and perhaps I'll do a personal reflection on that!
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