Media Diary
Before doing this exercise I had considered myself, in the
sense of my consumption of media, to be varied and fairly open minded. I had
not thought I confined myself to a particular genre or program. However my
diary appears to be more of a schedule than a collection of things I have
watched. I began to notice, whilst recording my media consumptions, that my
parts of my day did revolve around certain media. For example, on Monday and
Friday I woke up especially to watch Everybody Loves Raymond and I watched
American Dad almost every night, usually putting off sleep to do this. Whilst I
identify myself as a fan on these particular shows I would not have thought I
was an avid follower, though my diary suggests otherwise. I had in fact thought
that the only program I followed was actually watching or listening on Five
Live to Manchester City football matches and then following up on the game by
reading articles posted about the matches. Despite this I do not feel like my
media consumption dictates my life. On almost every day I am able to turn off
all media devices and focus on practicing guitar or practicing in a band. I did
however notice that it made its way into some aspects of my day that I had
never considered to be times that I would consume media. Whilst walking my dog,
and on one occasion whilst trimming the grass, I listened to my iPod.
I do feel like I consume a reasonably large quantity of
media though the content is not varied. As a result of this, I will now make
more of an effort to consume a wider variety of media texts.
(Diary Below)
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| Roger the Alien. |
Monday
08:00am-09:00am: Everybody
Loves Raymond (2 episodes)
Train to Manchester
09:30am-10:30am: iPod/Angry Birds Star Wars
Cinemas 12:50pm-15:00pm:
Grand Budapest Hotel
Train home 16:40pm-18:00pm:
iPod
18:30pm-19:00pm: How I met
your mother
Guitar Practice
19:05pm-20:05pm (No media)
21:00pm-22:00pm: Top Gear
on iPlayer/Check emails
Tuesday
10:am-12pm: Ferris
Bueller’s Day off/text messaging
Train to
Manchester12:15pm-13:00pm: iPod/Metro Paper
Cinemas 13:45pm-15:30pm:
300: Rise of an Empire
Lunch: Texting
Train home 16:45-18:00:
iPod/Manchester City fan app
Guitar Practice (18:30-20:45pm)
21:00pm-22:45pm: Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince (With Mum)
22:45pm-23:25pm: American
Dad (2 Episodes)
Wednesday
11:00am-11:30am: Text
messaging/Browsing tickld
12:00pm-12:30pm:
Downloading from iTunes
12:45pm-14:00pm: Streaming
latest How I met your mother episodes
Lunch: Browsing
internet/responding to emails
15:00pm-18:00pm: Played Fable:
The Lost Chapters
Drove to airport
19:45pm-22:00pm:
Manchester City vs. Barcelona
22:00pm-22:15pm: Read
online match report, BBC/the Guardian
22:45pm-23:25pm: Watched
American Dad (2 episodes)
23:30pm-00:30am: Listened
to Take-off and Landing of Everything-Elbow (New Album)
Thursday
11:00am-11:15am: Responded
to emails/Watched This Morning
Walked Dog, listened to
iPod
12:30pm-14:00pm: Composed
on Garageband
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| Star Wars: Episode 6 Return of the Jedi |
Guitar practice:
14:30pm-17:00pm (No media)
Walked Dog 17:15pm-18:30pm
(No media)
19:00pm-20:00pm: Ate/made
dinner (Watched Simpsons on repeat, followed by Big Bang Theory)
20:00pm-22:00pm: Watched
new E4 Comedy
22:00pm-22:30pm: Watched
BBC 3 new comedy
22:45-23:25pm: Responded
to audition invitation/Watched American Dad (2 Episodes)
Friday
08:00am-08:20am: Watched
Everybody loves Raymond
Train to Manchester
08:30am-09:30am: iPod/Angry Birds Star Wars
13:00pm-14:00pm: Ate
lunch/checked messages/Angry Birds Star Wars
Train home 15:45pm-17:00pm:
iPod/Metro newspaper
17:30pm-18:00pm: Confirm
audition on gmail
Band Practice
18:15pm-22:00pm (No media)
22:15pm-23:30pm-Local
pub/watched Sky Sports News
Saturday
Guitar practice:
09:30pm-11:00pm (No media)
Walked Dog 11:15pm-12:00pm
(No media)
12:05pm-15:00pm: Watched
Manchester City vs. Hull (With Dad)
15:30pm-17:00pm: Composed
on Garageband (Soccer Saturday on in background)
17:00pm-19:00pm:
Cooked/ate dinner with family whilst watching Chelsea vs. Aston Villa
19:15pm-20:00pm: Watched
Federer vs Dolgopolov at Indian Wells (With Mum)
20:00pm-21:45pm: Watched
Return of the Jedi (Whilst writing film reviews)
21:45pm-22:40pm: Played
Fable: The Lost Chapters
22:40pm-00:20: Watched
Match of the day whilst texting
Sunday
08:00am-09:00am: Walked
dog, listened to iPod
09:00am-10:00am: Mowed
lawn, listened to iPod
10:00am-10:30am: Watched
How I met your mother
Drove to work/worked
10:30am-16:00pm
16:30pm-18:15pm: Watched
North London Derby (With Dad)
18:30pm-22:20pm Drove/Ate
with girlfriend and her family (No media)
22:25pm-23:25pm: Watched
Match of the Day 2
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