JOUR1111 Assessment One

1. Personal Media Use and
Production Diary
An investigation into Koren Midgley’s use and
production of media over a ten day period.
JOUR1111 Assessment One
Dr Bruce Redman

2. Results – Media Use
Table One
Media Television Online Radio Social Networking
12/03/12 60 21 0 35
13/03/12 31 24 17 46
14/03/12 47 13 0 81
15/03/12 23 29 7 63
16/03/12 35 28 4 74
17/03/12 25 27 8 137
18/03/12 29 21 0 44
19/03/12 30 19 0 59
20/03/12 50 24 13 103
21/03/12 45 22 12 55
Total 375 228 61 697
The above table shows my media use over ten days. Note: the media use
is recorded in minutes.

3. Media Use
Pie Graph One
375
Television
Online
697 Radio
228
61
Above is a piegraphto simplify the results of my media usage. Note: the media
use is recorded in minutes.

4. Media Use – What Do these results
mean?
Looking back atgraph one and my media use for the
past ten days it is no surprise to me that the ‘Social
Networking’ category takes first place. I am
an extremely busy person with UNI full-time
and work part-time, I rely heavily on
social networking to remain in touch with,
not only friends, but the world. The ‘Social
Networking’ category can be split into three sub
categories which are shown in the table below.

5. Media Use – Social Networking
Bloging, twitter and facebook are my three main
uses of social networking. Below is a table to show
how much time I spend on each over ten days.
Table Two
Note: media use is recorded in minutes.
Media Blog Twitter Facebook Total
12/03/12 0 0 35 35
13/03/12 0 0 46 46
14/03/12 25 21 71 81
15/03/12 15 11 37 63
16/03/12 18 9 47 74
17/03/12 21 8 42 137
18/03/12 0 6 38 44
19/03/12 12 9 38 59
20/03/12 0 0 36 103
21/03/12 15 11 29 55
Total 106 75 419 697

6. Media Use – Social Networking
Pie Graph Two
106
Blog
75 Twitter
Facebook
419
Above is a pie graph, simplifying the results of ‘Social Networking.’ Note:
Media use is recorded in minutes

7. Media Use – Social Networking
As you can see in table two and graph two facebook is the largest part
of my ‘Social Networking.’ Along with 44.2%
of my classmates, I too have aniphone and
I amone of the 412students that uses a
facebook app on a smart phone. Due to my
busy schedule the convenience of having facebook at the touch of a
finger means that I spend a majority of my spare
time usingthis social networking medium.
In the sample of 306 students I am one who did not have twitter.
Also from the sample of 272 students I am one that has not
blogedpreviously to JOUR1111. Throughout the process of recording
my‘Social Networking’ I set up twitter and bloging accounts. I am not a
bigfan of twitter or bloging, however it is necessaryfor me to usethis
mediafor my assessment. Bloging/twitter only account for 31% of my
social network use, as facebook is my preferred social networking
medium.

8. Media Use -Television
Television came in second place at 28% of total
media use, showing that I watched 375 minutes
of television in ten days. Compared to my peers
result of 29.9% of students watching 1-2hours of
television per day, my overall usage seems fairly
slim. As I stated previously I barely find time to sit, let
alonewatch television. If I do, a majority of it is to
check News or Current affair shows, as
demonstrated In pie graph three below.

9. Media Use - Television
Pie Graph Three
52
103 News
Current
44 Affair
58
Above is a pie graph demonstrating the four subcategories of ‘Television.’
Note: results are in minutes.

10. Media Use - Online
As well as having aniphone
I fall within the 13.7% of
students that have anipad. Having
this technology at my fingertips means
I can quickly and easily check the
news online as well as general research. My main source
of news is online as I feel I can directly access what I
stories I want,when I want them. I also find it easier to
get the most updated and recent stories online. Unlike print
media, the online news is updated regularly with
developments in stories and breaking news.

11. Media Use - Radio
Table one and pie graph one show that I only listen
to 61 minutes of radio over ten days. I drive my car
often and fall into the 53.9% of students who
listen to less than an hour of radio per day.
I prefer to listen to music on myiphone as I
can choose the music.I
only use the radio for news and
traffic updates.

12. Table Three
Media Production
Media Blog Twitter Facebook Email/Text
12/03/12 0 0 5 25
13/03/12 0 0 17 30
14/03/12 25 21 11 20
15/03/12 15 11 12 23
16/03/12 18 9 14 21
17/03/12 21 8 21 32
18/03/12 0 6 12 29
19/03/12 12 9 18 27
20/03/12 0 0 15 19
21/03/12 15 11 16 31
Total 106 75 141 257
Above are the results from tracking my media production over ten days. Note:
the results are in minutes.

13. Media Production
As you can see fromtable three,
my main outlet for media
production is ‘Email/Texting.’
Having these applications
available on myiphone make
it the most convenientway
to produce media and stay in
contact with people, both for personal and
business use.

14. Media Production
Pie Graph Four
106
Blog
257 Twitter
75 Facebook
Email/Text
141
Above is a pie graph of my media production
over a ten day period. Note: the results are in
minutes.

15. Media Production
When comparing table one and three it is
evident that mymedia production is far less
than my media use. I attribute this to the fact
that I am very much an information person.
Before I comment on issues I like to use the
internet and social networking sites to gather
thefacts. I believe this is a key skill for any
goodjournalist.

16. When, Where, Why and How I
Use/Produce Media?
From the tables and graphs we
can see thatmy iphoneandipadare
the main source of how I
produce and use media. With
my busy lifestyle having the
convenience of emails,
text, facebook, twitter and news
at my fingertips it is easy to see
why I access media this way.

17. Is There A Wider Pattern?
Through anaylsing my media use and
production over ten days it can be
concluded that there is definitely a pattern
emerging.
What Is The Pattern?
From the results it is easy to see that my main
source of media use and production stem from
online sources and outlets I can access any
time, any where, on myiphone oripad.

18. What Does This Say About My
Relationship With Journalism and
Communication?
After analysing the results
there are three main
observations
of my media usage and
production that I believe show
a strong relationship between
myself and Journalism
and Communication.

19. My Relationship to Journalism and
Communication
1. Social networking plays the greatest role in
my media use/production – this shows my
addiction to constant communication
2. News online takes up the greatest majority of
my online behavior
3. I rarely have time to watch the television, but
when I do it is news or current affair programs

20. How Does This Differ To My Peers?
Compared to my peers it is evident that,
although a majority of my media usage
production is done
online, I spend far less
time on the internet, with
29.6% saying they use
the internet 2-3 hours
a day.

21. Summary
In summary it is evident from both my peers survey and my
individual media use diary that social network and online
mediums occupy a majority of our media use and production.
this can be greatly attributed to technologies
such as iphones, ipads and laptops which allow
us to easily access the internet anywhere and
in any form we want, facebook, news etc. In relation
to Journalism and Communication, these new technologies allow
us to multitask and communicate on platforms like facebook as
well as investigate news stories. Having this at the touch of a
button will allow us to effectively research, write and advertise
our stories faster and more accurately than in the past.