My media consumption

 My media consumption:

Newspapers

• Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?

none

• What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?

none

• What sections do you never read, and why?

none 

• What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?

none

• Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?

I don't read newspapers but my grandfather does so he buys them for himself

• Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?

I see the news on the news app and on social media apps which deliver daily important notices and news of papers such as the Daily Mail or the Times, which I visit as they are the most popular and therefore trustworthy ones.

Magazines

• What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not?

I do not buy any magazines because I personally don't find them interesting.

• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?

none because I don't buy them.

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?

approximately 14 to 15 hours a week

• What device do you use to watch television?

I use the TV or my phone 

• What times of day do you usually watch television?

usually at night or after school time 

• What programmes do you like best and why?

I watch Netflix programmes/ shows mostly because they do not include any advertisements in the middle of the shows but also as it is very good quality.

• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?

Mostly alone but sometimes I watch reality TV shows such as The Apprentice with my family once a year as a collective decision.

• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop or tablet?)

I watch on-demand/catch up TV all the time on Netflix and Prime video unless I am watching The Apprentice which I watch live on TV.

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio?

not willingly but I do sometimes listen to the radio stations that come on in the car.

• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?

KISS radio station has good music so I like that one.

• Do you listen to podcasts?

no

• If yes, what podcasts have you listened to recently?

none

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to podcasts or radio?

less than an hour a week if listening to the radio station sometimes in the car counts.

• What times of the day do you usually listen to podcasts or radio?

whenever I am in the car driving somewhere (mostly daytime).

• Where do you listen to podcast or radio?

in the car.

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening?

none

• Does anyone else in your house listen to the radio or podcasts? If so, when do they listen?

My grandfather loves to listen to old music on the radio mostly at night time before he goes to bed.

Film

• What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month?

none in the last month

• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite/cable film channels (free or otherwise) or streaming?

I have watched murder mystery 1 and 2, New York Minute and The sleepover.

• Who else watched the films with you?

I watched them all by myself

• Who decided what films to watch?

me as I watched them alone

• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?

mostly on the TV or if not then on my phone.

Online

• How often do you access the internet?

everyday so very often

• Where do you access the internet? At home, at school, commuting etc.

mostly at home and for commuting and sometimes at school

• What are the main sites that you access?

I access my emails, the bus app, google maps, tiktok, snapchat and whats-app.

• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?

mostly communication with friends and family, information on routes and for entertainment.

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?

listen to music on spotify

• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?

my phone

• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?

snapchat mostly as it is fun to send/receive snaps from friends and tiktok as its interesting

Final section: reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?

I can reduce the amount of modern media I consume such as the internet at film and TV and replace it with other media products such as magazines or newspapers.

• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?

I will try my best to include a wider variety of media products in my day to day media consumption and try out a new form of 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.

maybe news websites to catch up on what is going on in the world, magazines such as fashion ones that could be interesting and possibly listening to different radio stations more frequently.