When looking at my chart I have noticed that IPod use takes up most of my media time. I would have guessed this due to the fact that I listen to a lot of music. I am always on the go and have music in my ears playing most of the time. As a matter of fact I am listening to music as I am typing this blog. In his book, Watkins says “Multitasking while doing homework, a common behavior these days, can contribute to poor academic performance.” I guess in a way, it can contribute to poor academic performance. I use a large amount of media throughout my day as seen in the chart above. Small stuff like texting, listening to music, tweeting messages, and using applications on my cell phone takes a little time out the day. But looking at all the time put into it from the time I wake up to the time I fall asleep, I noticed that the little time I do put into texting, tweeting, listening to music, and talking on my phone adds up. The level of media use continues to grow like in the report, “Always Connected”: Young Children’s Media Use on the Rise. Watkins also did a survey that says college students are heavy users of multiple media, “They multitask with just about every media they use- the Internet, music, television, and books and magazines. A decisive majority, 95 percent, listens to music either most or some of the time when using the computer.”
Another reason I feel I am always using media like my phone, internet, YouTube, and text messaging besides entertainment is because I like to be informed. I feel that if I am not able to surf the web, or talk to people I will not get informed with news or whatever is going on beyond the room I am in. In chapter eight of “The Young and the Digital” in a study done in 2008, one of the students said “having a cell phone is the key to my social life,” in a way I agree with what they are saying. When I feel like I want to escape the world I abandon my phone at home or turn it off. But knowing I have access to technology is security.
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