Media Consumption Log

Time	Media	Effect
6:00am	"That aint my truck" -alarm clock
6:15am	Checked e-mail
6:30:am	Checked voice mail
6:45am	CMT music videos
7:00am	CMT music videos
7:15am	CMT music videos
7:30am	CMT music videos
7:45am	CMT music videos
8:00am	CMT music videos
8:15am	Checked e-mail
8:30am	Advetisments on campus (Apply Now Student Housing)
8:45am	Jazmins Coffee
9:00am	Advertisments for Organic Farming (Ag 180 class), In Class advertisments (Gateway, Infocus, Expo)
9:15am
9:30am
9:45am
10:00am	Checked e-mail
10:15am	Car Radio
10:30am	Car Radio (Thrive advertisment), and advertismets on the way to thirve
10:45am
11:00am
11:15am	Car Radio (Thrive advertisment), and advertismets on the way back from thirve
11:30am	River Rock Café (The FLC Independent)
11:45am	River Rock Café (The FLC Independent)
12:00pm	River Rock Café (The FLC Independent)
12:15pm	River Rock Café (The FLC Independent)
12:30pm	Checked e-mail
12:45pm	4 txt messages
1:00pm	Listened to Paul Harvey
1:15pm	Watched Fox News
1:30pm
1:45pm	Campus Advertisments
2:00pm	In class advertisments (Dell, InFocus, Expo,)
2:15pm	In class advertisments (Dell, InFocus, Expo,)
2:30pm	In class advertisments (Dell, InFocus, Expo,)
2:45pm	In class advertisments (Dell, InFocus, Expo,)
3:00pm
3:15pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
3:30pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
3:45pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
4:00pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
4:15pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
4:30pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
4:45pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
5:00pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
5:15pm	Media Lit Class (Gateway, Epson, Fort Lewis College, Class advertisments)
5:30pm	3 Text Messages (River Rock Café)
5:45pm	4 Text Messages (River Rock Café)
6:00pm	5 Text Messages (River Rock Café)
6:15pm	ROCA Meeting
6:30:pm	SPC Meeting
6:45pm	Campus Advertisments
7:00pm	Check E-mail, Check Facebook
7:15pm	Check E-mail, Check Facebook
7:30pm	Check E-mail, Check Facebook
7:45pm	Residentce Hall advertisments for programs ect.
8:00pm	Phone Call
8:15pm	Phone Call
8:30pm	Check E-mail, Check Voice Mail
8:45pm	House on Hulu
9:00pm	House on Hulu
9:15pm	House on Hulu
9:30pm	Residentce Hall advertisments for programs ect.
9:45pm	Check E-mail, Check Voice Mail
10:00am	House on Hulu
10:15pm	House on Hulu
10:30pm	Phone Call
10:45pm	Text Message
11:00pm	Residentce Hall advertisments for programs ect.
11:15pm	Check E-mail, Check Voice Mail
11:30pm	CSI NY
11:45pm	CSI NY
12:00am	Residentce Hall advertisments for programs ect.
12:15am	Check E-mail, Check Voice Mail
12:30am	CSI NY
12:45am	CSI NY
1:00am	CSI NY
1:15am	CSI NY

Americans today are constantly being exposed to all different types of media from newspapers to RSS feeds sent directly to a cellular device. Many scholars have augured positive effects and negative effects of the instant communication we now have to the world. It was not until I actually looked at all the media I was consuming to realize how much it affects my daily life. Media has become such a common part of our culture that it has become a normal part of our daily routine, and subconsciously we block out a lot of time for media. After logging all of my media exposure for just one day I realized how easy it is to communicate with the world. I am constantly checking my e-mail, voice mail messages, and receiving txt messages. However, there are both positive and negative effects of this new form of instant communication with anyone in the world.
Email has revolutionized communication for the businessperson. Outlook has many features that allow you to message many members at once, creating meetings, and look at your co-workers schedule. This program has helped me to improve my proficiency and professionalism. Many of my professors prefer to communicate over e-mail, and it is a skill to be able to construct a professional e-mail. This is a skill that has not been addressed in my secondary education, but it is one key skill I had to learn to be successful throughout my college career and to help obtain my professional goals. Some new challenges the Americans face with this type of communication are alarming. With instant communication with anyone in the world, it is so easy to organize and gather a lot of information from many parties in a short amount of time giving anyone the ability to use this form of communication and organize many different types of plans. This could even include a terrorist attack. However, e-mail has also made it easier for homeland security to detect such activity and stop it before it happens. Overall e-mail has had a positive effect in my productivity and professionalism.
Text messaging has just evolved in this new generation. Text messaging has been like learning a new language. For example “ttul” means, talk to you later. Text messaging has not only made instant communication even more accessible, but it has created a whole new slang. In text messages many do not use proper semantics in their message. Text messaging is a much more social connection to the world, as opposed to email which is both professional and social. Scholars are concerned about the effects text messaging has on America’s youth. Is text messaging make us poor writers? I would disagree greatly I feel that text messaging has greatly improved my spelling and word choice. It can be a challenge to find the shortest way to say something long and important, however it is a very good skill to have to be able to clearly and concisely communicate your point. Another challenge you face however, is how to express emotion over text messages. People can often miss read a text message, and therefore you have to be even more detailed while still keeping your messages. Short. My question is why has education not addressed this topic and being in educate people on proper text message usage. I can image text messaging becoming part of the professional world very soon, and we need to start education youth on what is proper, and scholars need to decide what is proper. Are we going to adapt this newly founded slag or is text messaging going to evolve into a professional form of communication much like e-mail?
Overall, media is dose have an impact on my life. My primary uses of media are in forms of communication. However, television, music, and advertisements do give me new perspectives on different things every day.