Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Introduction to Media: Media consumption audit

Create a blogpost on your MEST1 Exam Blog outlining your consumption of the media.

Answer the following questions on your blog:

Newspapers
  • Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?
  • What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?
  • What sections do you never read, and why?
  • What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?
  • Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?
  • Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?

Magazines
  • What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why
  • What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?

Television
  • Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?
  • What times of day do you usually watch television?
  • What programmes do you like best and why?
  • Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?
  • Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop of tablet?)

Radio
  • Do you listen to the radio?
  • If yes, what stations do you like best and why?
  • Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to the radio?
  • What times of the day do you usually listen to the radio?
  • Where do you listen to the radio?
  • What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening to the radio?

Cinema
  • What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month?
  • What films have you seen in other places – for example, through rental, satellite film channels (free or otherwise) or through video-on-demand?
  • Who else watched the films with you?
  • Who decided what films to watch?
  • What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?

Online
  • How often do you access the internet?
  • Where do you access the internet?  At home, at college or school, or at work?
  • What are the main sites that you access?
  • What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?
  • What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?
  • What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?
  • What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?

Reflection
  • How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?
  • What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?
  • List three sources of media (websites/newspapers/apps/TV programmes etc.) that you will start to access this year that you haven't engaged with previously.

Due: next lesson

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