Media Review #1

5:40 - woke up to alarm on phone, went to track practice

8-8:40 - got back to dorm from track and checked Instagram, took a brief nap before class with an alarm again set in my phone

9:02 - waiting for class to start, play trivia crack (and missed a question about art)

9:45 - released from class, head to chapel checking phone for the time and messages

10:35 - chapel let out, check time on phone

10:48 - checked and responded to emails

11:18 - used bible app on phone for class

11:19 - got bored and looked at snapchat

11:20 - still bored so played trivia crack

11:22 - teacher stopped rambling and turned on projector for class examples, Sony projector

11:46 - walked back to dorm, saw beats headphones

12:15 - watched TV in my room, several commercial advertising products

12:18 - got on computer, checked email, Instagram, sports news, and other news outlets

12:31 - watched YouTube videos

12:46 - headed to computer science class, didn't see one person not look at their phone on my way there

12:54 - logged onto my dell computer for class, got on the campus portal via Google chrome

1:50 - class released, checked phone for messages

2:10 - went to Plex, ran on treadmill; listened to music on my iPod, watched the TV attached to treadmill

2:56 - took shower, brushed teeth(I forgot in the morning) used dove's men soap

3:12 - roommate when "grocery shopping"...actually went to meet a girl...used axe body spray with the belief that girls flock to it like the dudes in the commercials

3:14 - watched an episode of "shark tank"

3:43 - went to library to study, logged onto dell computer for computer science homework

5:46 - sick of homework, checked email, Instagram, trivia crack, and snapchat

6:07 - went back to homework

6:15 - friend sends link to funny picture on the Internet

6:15 - check link, it was funny

6:40 - went to hub for dinner, TV was on ESPN

6:59 - checked phone for messages, starting to get tired of making log

7:07 - went back to dorm and watched tv

7:36 - got on laptop for homework, checked the news

8:24 - went back to room and watched Netflix

9:09 - trivia crack, snapchat, still watching Netflix

9:37 - received and sent emails

9:48 - finished last bit of homework, back to Netflix

10:27 - played online game of Xbox

11:02 - checked phone final time, set alarm for phone in the morning, bedtime

The weekday I selected was Tuesday, February 10, 2015 because I procrastinate and it was the last day to do it.  I was pleasantly surprised compared to at least my perception of others of how little I check social media.  It helps that I have probably only a third of the social media accounts of most millennials in just Instagram.  I noticed that it’s become a habit that in any point of not physically doing something, our society has programmed ourselves to pull out our smart phones and check something; whether that be social media, some news outlet, or playing a game.  I think the most common visual media I saw would be the big Under Armour sweatshirts with the logo plastered on the front, while I noticed clothing brands and iPhones the most among everything on campus. I would say Instagram is the most of all the content I expose myself too, but I don’t know that it really influences me in anyway.  I’m not sure I learned much about myself with this.  I remember seeing a study that people are incredibly insecure when their phone isn’t by their side, like to the point where not having their phone is more distracting then having it.  I’ve never had that problem, I leave my phone in my backpack or room when I do things that are more important to me, yesterday was actually an exception because I used my phone to log my media consumption.  Although specifically yesterday I don’t feel like media influenced me, I know that it does at different points in my life when I’m shopping, going to eat, or other various ways of spending money; but due to my extremely small college budget, I’ve gotten pretty practiced at not spending money (but I am getting good at the art of taking out loans).