Below I’ve made a personal log recording my media usage over a 24 hour period and an introspective excerpt discussing my thoughts and conclusions about my lifestyle and the role media plays in everyday life.
Media Log Recorded on Sunday August 24th, 2025
- 12am-8am
- Sleeping
- 8am
- Woke up and checked my email (Google) and watched the local news ABC15 Arizona while drinking coffee
- 9am
- Checked social media aka Instagram and after getting ready for the day and X/Twitter to see what current events are and what is happening in regards to the sphere of online influencers. Specifically looked at what the algorithm showed for content and trending topics.
- Had YouTube playing videos in the background from creators I’m subscribed to, eventually tuned out and had videos playing as background noise
- Listened to Spotify/music while driving to the grocery store
- 10am-12pm
- 1pm-3pm
- Went to the pool, occasionally checked phone for texts, no media besides that
- Music was playing in the background
- 4pm-5pm
- Went on my pc and worked on assignments
- Checked Email again for personal interests and for my classes to see if there were any updates/changes
- Watched YouTube for tutorials on AutoCAD
- 6pm
- Worked on my assignments occasionally checking Instagram when taking brain-breaks, specifically looked at memes
- Had to use Google, YouTube, Canvas, and looked at amazon for shopping
- Actively listened to Spotify/music in the background
- 7pm-9pm
- 10pm-12am
- Put on Trailer Park Boys on Netflix to watch until I fell asleep
- Occasionally checked text
- Looked at Instagram memes
- Had one last look at X(Twitter) to see if there were any interesting topics or events happening
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