Media Monitoring Assignment
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Media Monitoring Assignment
Added on 2020-04-07
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Running head: MEDIA MONITORING ASSIGNMENTMedia monitoring assignmentName of the studentName of the universityAuthor Note:
2MEDIA MONITORING ASSIGNMENTName: ________________________________________________________ Date: ___________Measuring Your MediaDirections: Answer each question honestly about your media use. Estimate as accurately as possible.1. Check whether you had each of the following in 2012 and whether you have it now.2012: yes or no?now: yes or no?cell phoneYesNosmart phone (has Internet access, music, videos, etc. No YesiPod/MP3 playerNoNolaptop computerYesYesvideo game system or softwareYesYesFacebook or MySpace accountNoYesTwitter accountNoYesother (e.g. e-book reader): _______________________NoNo2.Compare your media use today with your media use in 2005 by estimating the amount of time spent daily on each activity. Label each of your answers in minutes or hours. Place a check in the third column to indicate whether that activity is typically part of any multitasking you do (i.e., you tend to do it while doing other activities).2012nowmultitasking?text messaging10 Mins30 minsYessending photos and videos5 Mins35minsYeslooking at Web sites20 Mins60 MinsYessharing creativity (posting your own writing, photos,videos, music, creating podcasts, etc.)20 Mins5 MinsNolistening to music or podcasts45 Mins30 MinsYeswatching TV or Web shows or movies60 Mins45 MinsYesusing email20Mins50 MinsYesplaying video games65 Mins30 MinsNosocial networking40 Mins80 MinsYesother: __________________________________________30 Mins20MinsYes3.Assign a percentage to each reason you have for using the media above. Be sure that each column adds up to 100%. Then createa pie chart in the circles below to show your results. Label and use a different color pen or pencil for each part.2012nowschool assignments630learning about news/current events515entertainment2015socializing4080communicating with family members5035mindless/purposeless use1020other: ____________________2010
3MEDIA MONITORING ASSIGNMENT Figure 1- Media usage in 2012 Source- (As created by the author)Figure 2- Media Usage in 2017Source-(As created by the Author)Media MonitoringMedia monitoring is the process of carefully reading, listening and observation of the media contentsand the media journals. This includes the keen observation of the newspapers, journals, magazines, internetcontents and many more as such. Technological advancements in the last couple of years due to globalizationhas made a great impact on our lives. It has helped us to transform our lifestyle totally (Gentile et al. 2014). Itis theoretically as well as practically proved that gadgets which are the most important inventions of the lastdecade have been the main cause behind such a drastic transformation. Television was one of the mostimportant discovery of the last century which had a great impact on our lives. The knowledge that peopleacquired from the books were now visible in television. After this came the telephones which revolutionizedthe way people communicate with each other. Finally the cell phones a mobile communication device came
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