- Phone: approx: 1 hour texting, about 20 minutes phone time
- Computer: 3 hours (including homework and entertainment, watching netflix)
- Television: 0 hours
- Phone: approx: 30 minutes texting, about 15 minutes phone time
- Computer: 0 hours
- Television: 12 hours (watching marathon of Bad Girls Club with friend)
- Phone: approx 2 hours texting, 1 hour and 20 minutes phone time (international phone call with family)
- Computer: 3 hours (simultaneously watching netflix and writing paper)
- Television: 0 hours
Thursday, January 20, 2011
- Phone: approx 20 minutes texting; 15 minutes calling time
- Computer; 9 hours (studying for mid term and writing paper)
- Television; 1 hour
Friday, January 21, 2011
- Phone; approx 2 hours texting; 20 minutes calling time
- Computer; 4 hours (studying and finishing paper)
- Television; 2 hours
Saturday, January 22, 2011
- Phone; approx 1 hour texting, 1 hour calling time
- Computer; 2 hours (watching netflix)
- Television: 0 hour
Sunday, January 23, 2011*
- Phone; 3 hours texting
- Computer; 5+ hours (some homework but mostly watching shows online)
- Television; 4+ hour
I have realized that with being sick it has influenced me greatly with more media consumption. Not really being about to go out and do anything leaves me at home tied to my laptop as well as my TV (seeing that I am still sick today I have basically been on my laptop all morning while also watching TV, proving both activities to be very unproductive especially together) I also find it interesting that I spend more time on my phone texting than actually talking to people on the phone. I think that speaks to the dependence on technology for a means of easier communication than actual human interaction. I also think that it is kind of humorous that during the days that I am in school (MWF) that I find myself texting much more than the days that I am not in school. Whether it is during class (oops) in between classes, or just in general after I leave for the day, I find myself being more inclined to text during the days that I have class than the days that I am free. I have not quite figured out why. One unique thing about this week is the fact that I had gotten sick by the end of it as well as the fact that I usually watch nearly no TV and this week it seems like I have watched hours of it!
I think my routine is pretty typical for most people around my age group. I think that people typically watch TV more than I do. I have friends that have the TV constantly on in their house. I have 5 TVs at home (including one in my room) and I rarely turn them on unless I am inclined to watch a show or have absolutely nothing else to do. My computer usage might be higher than most peoples, but that is also influenced by the week and what I have to do. Sometimes when I am not in school I wont touch my laptop for days, but seeing that I had a paper due and was sick, that highly influenced by computer usage.
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This was interesting because I too text more than I talk on the phone. This is partly because my phone is only usefully when used for professional reasons (work school etc). I text my friends partly because those conversations last for 15 seconds and arent really necessary (mostly about when and where to meet up). Maybe its because I'm not really a phone call kind of guy, but I think this is normal for all teenagers.
ReplyDeleteI, like you, text way more than I talk on the phone. I talk to my father regularly, but other than that most of my conversations are via text message. I don't even /LIKE/ texting and yet I do it all the time! A big part of it, as you mention, is that convenience factor – I may not have the time for a full conversation, I can send out texts to five different people just walking in between classes, I can get information quickly, set up anything going on throughout the day without dialing a number. I noticed during this exercise that I seem to either talk to people face-to-face or somehow by text (mostly through text, Facebook, e-mail, and lastly snail-mail) rather than calling them on the phone – I think our generation has gone beyond the novelty of speaking to people straight to the convenience only texting offers.
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