Guest - Media Log - Amanda D

During my typical day, I am exposed to a lot of different kinds of media. I begin my day at 7 am with turning on the television and having the news play as background noise while I scroll through both my Twitter and Facebook feeds. When I leave for school, I immediately turn on the radio in my car and make my way down highway 52, which is surrounded by billboards. On my way to each class, I walk with my head down paying attention, once again, to my social media feeds and texts from friends, occasionally looking up to say hello to peers in the halls. I spend the majority of my morning classes, talking with my friends and paying most of my attention to Facebook. In the afternoon, I watch CNN in my Government class and in the following hours I talk to friends and participate in class discussions. This is an example of my typical school day and the amount of media I am exposed on a daily basis. I am most exposed to social media. I don’t think this is very shocking; I have access to Twitter and Facebook at my fingertips. It is more readily available to me than any other media. I can’t speak aloud to friends in class or don’t see them in the hallways and I don’t care to constantly check the news, therefore, social media takes up a majority of my exposure to media on a daily basis. I am exposed to media most frequent while I’m at school. This does not surprise me. At school, I am giving a lot of time to browse Twitter and Facebook, talk to friends and teachers, and to watch the news. I experience all types of media while I am at school compared to when I am at home, for example, where my media exposure is lessened by the lack of interpersonal and media opportunities. I am very capable of multitasking throughout my day. I participate in class and do school work while I am also occupied by scrolling through my social media feeds and talking with friends and peers. I balance both my daily responsibilities and my media exposure in a successful way. In the balance of media, I play both the speaker and audience. On social media and with my friends, it is a fair balance between the two. I reach out to my friends for conversation throughout the day, making me the speaker, and my friends and teachers reach out to me, making me the audience.