Josh Bellis' Media Review 1

Media Review 1

7:55am: Phone alarm went off

8am: Checked Facebook

8:02am: “Aussie” label on shampoo, “Suave Men” label on body wash

8:08am: “Every Man Jack” label on deodorant

8:09am: “Crest” label on toothpaste

8:15am: Sent text message to Laura

8:32am: “YouVersion” branding on Bible app

8:33am: Read Ecclesiastes on the Bible app

8:40am: Made prayer list on phone app Couple

8:45am: Listened to music on Spotify

9am: Took notes on the app Byword with MacBook Pro

10:01am: Set new alarm

10:05am: Sent text message to Laura

10:19am: Sent text message to Laura

11:55am: Sent text message to Laura

11:59am: Sent text message to Laura

12:02pm: Sent text message to Laura

12:22pm: Sent text message to Laura

12:23pm: Sent text message to Joel

12:24pm: Sent text message to Laura

12:25pm: Browsed Facebook articles posted by friends

12:31pm: Read saved articles on the Pocket app

12:33pm: Played Letterpress on iPhone


12:35pm: Played Trivia Crack on iPhone
12:36pm: Saw video ad for an app while playing Trivia Crack, but skipped before seeing title
12:45pm: Watched friend play Last of Us on PS3
12:47pm: Saw picture of movie Borat in DM338 reading

1:07pm: Sent text message to Laura
1:12pm: Sent text message to Laura
1:13pm: Sent text message to Laura
1:17pm: Sent text message to Laura
1:19pm: Used Nutrino app to log food
1:32pm: Sent email on laptop
1:34pm: Read emails on laptop
1:37pm: Check to-do list using the Things app on laptop

1:57pm: Sent text message to Laura
2:04pm: Sent text message to Joel
2:07pm: Checked Facebook group
2:19pm: Checked messages
2:30pm: Sent text message to Laura
2:35pm: Sent text message to Laura
2:41pm: Listened to music
2:42pm: Checked messages
2:45pm: Sent text message to Laura
2:52pm: Read text message from Laura
2:52pm: Checked off item on to-do list
3:45pm: Checked time


3:46pm: Checked Facebook

4:32pm: Played Trivia Crack

4:34pm: Sent text message to Laura

5:07pm: Sent text message to Laura

5:28pm: Looked up article on Entertainment Weekly

5:47pm: Sent text message to Laura

6:50pm: Sent text message to Laura

6:59pm: Sent text message to Laura

7:02pm: Sent text message to Laura

7:02pm: Looked at digital clock

7:50pm: Sent text message to Laura

8:14pm: Sent text message to Laura

8:00pm: Used online portal

8:51pm: Sent text message to Laura

8:55pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:02pm: Checked Facebook group

9:05pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:08pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:11pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:15pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:34pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:36pm: Took picture

9:38pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:47pm: Sent text message to Laura

9:56pm: Sent text message to Laura10pm: Sent text message to Joel
10:03pm: Sent text message to Joel
10:04pm: Sent text message to Joel
11:37pm: Skype call with Laura
11:44pm: Saw ad for Skype Premium subscription

Summary

I chose Monday to do this Media Review. I chose this day because in an average week, I usually select Monday to be the day in which I get a large majority of the things I need to get done because I have the most free time to do so. I figured this would give a more accurate reading on how much media I usually interact with since I would be making myself busy for most of the day. The media I was exposed to the most by far was text messaging and phone applications. 

I tend to use my phone the most out of any of my devices and I spend a large amount of time with it out of my day. I came into contact with a variety of advertisements that were in the video format mostly. Oftentimes they arrived through apps I was using at the time. I did not observe very many advertisements outside of electronic media. The most common media I came in contact with was definitely applications on my iPhone. This is because throughout the day, I employ the use of my devices very frequently to get things done. 

I am noticing that the primary content I expose myself to is informative articles online or apps on my electronic devices. The form I expose myself to is often advertisements on my phone or even notifications from other apps. I find that I tend to use a plethora of apps throughout the day that I maybe don’t need to necessarily depend on, but do because each one advertises the next. 

I can see that I am very heavily influenced by the media I consume to consume more media. It seems to be a trap, that when you download one app it just advertises other apps, which then, in turn, advertise still more apps.