record all media use for three consecutive days , breaking it down by technology (TV, computer, cell phone, iPod/MP3, game console, radio, magazines, newspapers, books). So you can keep track of your media intake on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday or Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. You will keep track of how much time you spent on each medium and what type of content it was. Note, you should do this as you go\ because it can be very time-consuming if you leave it until the end of the day or if your try to make it up
Time
Media Format
Activity
8:00am
Phone
Tuesday, April 13th
flipping through
instagram
8:00am
Phone, Tv,
Xbox
8:00am
8:00am
Phone
Phone, Tv,
Xbox, laptop
8:00am
Phone, Tv,
Xbox, laptop
8:00am
Phone, TV,
Xbox
8:00am
TV, Xbox
8:00am
Phone, Xbox
8:00am
TV, Phone
Time
Media Format
9:30am
Phone
10:30AM
Phone, Tv,
Xbox
Simultaneous
Activity
Time
Engaged
Laying bed
1 hour
Texting, watching
Sitting at desk
3 hours
HunterxHunter on tv
and playing game on
monitor
Facetime
Walking to manser 15min
Texting, watching
Eating 2 chicken
1hour
HunterxHunter on tv
sandwiches
15 min
and playing game on
monitor, setting up
zoom
Texting, watching
Still eating
2hours
HunterxHunter on tv
30min
and playing game on
monitor, zoom
meeting
Facetime, watching
Talking on the
3 hours
HunterxHunter on tv
phone
and playing game on
monitor
Watching
Eating gummy
1hour 30
HunterxHunter on tv worms, talking on
min
and playing game on
the game
monitor
Playing game on
Talking on the
2hour
monitor, Facetime
phone, talking on
30min
the game, eating
candy
Facetime, watching
While in bed
4hours
HunterxHunter on tv
Activity
Simultaneous
Activity
Wednesday, April 14th
flipping through
Laying bed
instagram
Texting, watching
Sitting at desk
HunterxHunter on tv
and playing game on
monitor
Time
Engaged
1 hour
3 hours
12:30pm
Phone
Facetime
Walking to decker
listening to music
20min
12:50pm
none
none
3hours 10
4pm
Xbox, Phone,
Playing modern
warware playing
music
Talking to coach
and getting papers
from professor
Fliping through
instagram
Talking on the mic
2 hours
Talking on the
phone
Laying bed
2 hours
Simultaneous
Activity
Laying bed
Time
Engaged
3 hour
Sitting at desk
1 hour
8pm
10pm
12am
xbox
Phone, TV,
Xbox
Phone, Tv
Playing the game
Facetime, playing
game
Texting, watching
HunterxHunter on tv
Thursday , April 15th
Activity
4 hours
4hours
Time
Media Format
8:00am
Phone
11:00am
phone
12:00pm
phone
gym workout
listing to music
1:30pm
Phone youtube
watching videos
eating
3:00pm
none
practice
1and half
hour
2 and a half
hours
3hours
6:00pm
Phone
watching videos
1 hour
7:00pm
phone tv
11:00pm
phone
flipping through
instagram
calls citizen bank
eating and talking
to friends
facetime and youtube talking and packing
bags
facetime
sleeping
5 hours
????
COM 2201 Introduction to Mass Media
Mansfield University – Fall 2019
Media Log Assignment
Why: To raise your awareness of the amount of media you use, how you use it and what it costs you in terms of time.
Time frame: Any 3 consecutive days between 10/9 and 10/18
Due Date: 10/22/2019 (turn in hard-copy at the start of class)
Assignment
1. Record all media use for three consecutive days, breaking it down by technology (TV, computer, cell phone, iPod/MP3, game console, radio,
magazines, newspapers, books). So you can keep track of your media intake on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday or Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday. You will keep track of how much time you spent on each medium and what type of content it was. Note, you should do this as you go
because it can be very time-consuming if you leave it until the end of the day or if your try to make it up.
a. You must create a media log chart (I have provided an example at the end of this sheet).
b. For each day your media log should answer the following questions:
i. What did you watch, listen to, browse, or read?
ii. How long did you watch, listen, browse, or read?
iii. What else were you doing at the time (e.g. driving to school while listening to the radio)?
2. Total your media usage.
a. Tally your total time in minutes for each medium at the bottom of the daily log page (total time on TV, total time on phone, etc). Do this
for each day of your log and also for the total of all three days (remember it should be separated by medium).
b. Text messages should be tallied for each day and the 3-day total. You should count every time you send OR receive a text message,
Imessage, or Snapchat. Total the number and multiply by 15 seconds, then divide by 60 to get minutes. Your chart must show the math, so
it must say how many texts were sent or received and what that equals in minutes. This goes at the bottom of each day and again at the
end.
3. Write it up. Analysis.
a. In at least two pages (all the way down to the bottom) you should provide an analysis of your media intake. You will do this by answering
the questions listed on the next page. Be sure to label or number each one of your questions and answers. I should be able to see the
question and then your answer. Failure to do so will result in a 40-pt. deduction. Be sure to answer each one thoroughly.
COM 2201 Introduction to Mass Media
Mansfield University – Fall 2019
Questions
1. What was completing this assignment like? Did you enjoy it or was it annoying? Were there any surprises in your media log? Was your media
usage higher or lower than you anticipated? What did you learn from completing this assignment?
2. What patterns emerged from the recording of your media? Did you seem to do the same things in the mornings or at night? Were weekdays
different than weekends? Did you tend to use more than one medium at the same time? Did you tend to do the same activities while engaging with
a particular medium? If no patters emerged, why?
3. Regardless of time spent, which medium is your most preferred and why? Be sure to explain why it is your favorite medium. Address the
conditions in which you normally use your favorite medium (alone, with a friend, in a group, etc., and at what times). If that particular technology
stopped working tomorrow, how would it affect your life?
Write up format: You must answer the above questions and number them accordingly. This must be at least two pages long (all the way
down to the bottom line), double-spaced, 12-point font (not Arial or Comic Sans).
*Sample media log provided in the following pages.
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SAMPLE MEDIA LOG
Time
Media Format
Activity
9:50am
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:00pm
Car radio
Car radio
Cell phone, TV
TV
4:35pm
4:40pm
5:45pm
5:50pm
6:00pm
Cell phone
Windows
Surface
Cell phone
Cell phone
Textbook
6:35pm
6:45pm
7:30pm
Cell phone
Cell phone
TV
Listening to radio
Listening to radio
Twitter
Watching Golden
Girls
Twitter
Reading Ethics
chapter
Twitter
Instagram
Reading for Com.
Media
Twitter
Vine
Watching Seinfeld
8:00pm
Cell phone
8:30pm
Cell phone, TV,
Windows
Surface
Simultaneous
Activity
Time Engaged
Tuesday, April 15th
Listening to
Pandora
Twitter, email,
Instagram, playing
2048
Driving to work
Driving home
Watching tv
Sitting on the couch
5 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
N/A
N/A
5 minutes
65 minutes
Eating dinner
Eating dinner
N/A
5 minutes
5 minutes
35 minutes
N/A
N/A
Playing with my
puppy
Showering
10 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
Lying in bed/
Watching TV
60 minutes
15 minutes
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TV
All day
Cell phone
Mansfield University – Fall 2019
Watching TV, sleep
with TV on
Texts
Lying in bed
30 minutes
Daily activities
(137*15)/60=34.25
minutes
Total Media for Tuesday
Media Format
Cell phone
TV
Computer
Books/Textbooks
Windows Surface Tablet
Car Radio
Total Time
114.25 minutes
160 minutes
0 minutes
35 minutes
125 minutes
10 minutes
Total Media Usage for Tuesday:
444.25 minutes
Wednesday, April 16th
Time
Media Format
Activity
7:30am
8:45am
10:00am
10:15am
Cell phone
Car radio
Car radio
Car radio
Twitter
Listening to radio
Listening to radio
Listening to radio
11:30am
Email
12:45pm
Windows
Surface
Car radio
2:00pm
3:00pm
Cell phone
Cell phone
3:00pm
TV
Listening to radio
Twitter
Twitter, email,
instagram
Watching Golden
Grils
Simultaneous
Activity
Taking dog out
Driving to PetCo
Driving home
Riding in the car
to Butler
Sitting in ER
waiting room
Riding in the car
home
Lying in bed
Lying in bed
Time Engaged
Lying in bed
60 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
65 minutes
10 minutes
65 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes
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4:00pm
Lab book
4:10pm
5:30pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
Cell phone
Cell phone
TV
Cell phone
Computer
7:30pm
7:40pm
8:00pm
Cell phone
Windows
Surface
Cell phone, TV
9:00pm
All day
TV
Cell phone
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Studying for lab
quiz
Twitter
Twitter, Instagram
Watch Family Guy
Twitter
Online ECON
homework
Twitter
Playing 2048
Sitting at desk
10 minutes
Sitting at desk
Lying in bed
Lying in bed
Eating dinner
Sitting at desk
5 minutes
5 minutes
30 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
Sitting at desk
Lying in bed
10 minutes
20 Minutes
Twitter, Instagram,
watching Downton
Abbey
Sleep with TV on
Texting
Lying in bed
60 minutes
Sleeping
Daily activities
N/A
(84*15)/60= 20
minutes
Total Media for Wednesday
Media Format
Cell phone
TV
Computer
Books/Textbooks
Windows Surface Tablet
Car radio
Total Time
145 minutes
150 minutes
30 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
150 minutes
515 minutes
Total Media Usage for Wednesday:
Thursday, April 17th
Time
Media Format
Activity
10:30am
Car radio
Listening to radio
Simultaneous
Activity
Driving to campus
Time Engaged
10 minutes
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10:45am
Cell phone
Twitter, email
1:50pm
2:15pm
2:40pm
Car radio
Cell phone
Car radio
Listening to radio
Twitter, Instagram
Listening to radio
3:30pm
3:35pm
Cell phone
Cell phone
5:00pm
6:00pm
Cell phone, TV
Textbook
6:30pm
Computer
6:50pm
Cell phone
Twitter
Listening to
Pandora
Twitter, Instagram
Reading Com.
Media
Online ECON
homework
Twitter
7:00pm
TV
8:05pm
8:40pm
Cell phone
Cell phone, TV
9:30pm
TV
10:30pm
Cell phone, TV
11:00pm
All Day
TV
Cell phone
Watching Golden
Girls
Twitter
Twitter, playing
2048
Watching Family
Guy
Twitter, watching
Seinfeld
Sleep with TV on
Texts
Waiting for lab to
start
Driving home
Sitting on couch
Driving to my real
house
Sitting on couch
Cleaning the
inside of my car
Watching tv
Sitting on couch
15 minutes
Sitting on the
couch
Sitting outside
with dogs
Sitting on couch
20 minutes
Sitting on couch
Watching TV
5 minutes
30 minutes
Talking to mom,
playing with dogs
Lying in bed
60 minutes
Sleeping
Daily activities
N/A
(179*15)/60= 44.75
minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
30 minutes
5 minutes
70 minutes
60 minutes
30 minutes
10 minutes
60 minutes
30 minutes
Total Media for Thursday
Media Format
Cell phone
TV
Total Time
284.75 minutes
240 minutes
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Computer
Windows Surface Tablet
Books/Textbooks
Car radio
20 minutes
0 minutes
30 minutes
50 minutes
Total Media Usage for Thursday:
624.75 minutes
3-Day Total
Cell Phone Total:
TV Total:
Computer Total:
Windows Surface Tablet:
Books Total:
Car Radio Total:
Total Media Usage for 3 days:
544 minutes
550 minutes
50 minutes
155 minutes
75 minutes
210 minutes
1,584 minutes