THURSDAY
9am-9:15am = alarm off; checked email, weather, Facebook, and tiny towers (iPhone game)
9:15am = turn on autostart for vehicle
11am-11:15am = texting and Facebook (iPhone)
11:20am-11:40am = phone call with sister (iPhone)
11:30am-11:37am = CD in car, while on the phone with sister (oya! multitasking)
1:15pm-3pm = laptop (hulu: internet TV)
2:35pm = tiny tower (iPhone game)
2:50pm = Facebook and Words with Friends (iPhone)
4:32pm = tiny tower (iPhone game)
5:06pm-5:15pm = CD in car
6:35pm = Smartboard use
7pm = text/call fiance
8:30pm = text/call fiance
10:45pm-11:35pm = FaceTime with fiance
11:45pm = text fiance
What a day! Just reading my usage makes me tired. It is quiet interesting to see which technology seemed to be used more than others. It is now apparent to me that without my iPhone I might be at a lose for communication and entertainment. How long have I been so dependent on technology? Hmmm...
FRIDAY
4am = auto start car (forgot to plug it in)
5:30am = auto start car (still not plugged in)
6:30am = one more auto start
6:35am = alarm off (iPhone)
6:35am-6:45am = check email, tiny tower, Facebook, Words with Friends, and weather (iPhone)
8:05am = auto start car
8:30am = iMaps and email check
11:55am = tiny towers and texting
12pm-1pm = hulu
1pm = texting and tiny towers
Nice!! Five hour gap! Interesting...
6pm = Facebook and email check (iPhone)
7:10pm = texting (iPhone)
8:05pm = texting (iPhone)
10:35pm = texting (iPhone)
Did you notice that I used more technology (or the same more often) on Thursday, a week day? Before beginning this media diary I would have bet I would use more during the weekend. But not looking back on this Thursday and Friday, I am remembering that Thursday was the day when I set up all my weekend plans; that is the day when all the texts, calls, and emails went out to friends asking what was going on this weekend. Friday is when those plans went into action. So Friday had less usage because I was with my friends and didn't need to communicate with them through technology; Face to face interaction was happening.
From looking at my lists above it seems I would most definitely be lost without my iPhone. Smart phones these days are a life saver and huge time saver. I had music, texting, calls, email, internet, games literally in the palm of my hand. A mini-personalized computer in my pocket. What a concept! With the availability of my iPhone I was clearly multitasking throughout the day: phone calls while driving with music on, watching hulu and playing words with friends or checking email, FaceTime with my fiance while cooking dinner. Because of this assignment I have been investigating the research concerning multitasking. Does it aid or harm the tasks being done? Below I have added a link to an article about multitasking. If you would like to do this media diary to see what your technology use looks like I highly encourage it! I have noticed a few things in my life that will be changing; for example, I have bought an alarm clock so I can turn off my iPhone while in bed, giving myself actual deep sleeping hours. Try it!!
Click on the quote below to find out what blood flow has to do with multitasking:
Thank you, Samantha - the link to the article about brain flow and multitasking was interesting. It is more and more difficult to stay still and focus on only one thing at a time. Such concentration needs to be very purposeful.
ReplyDeleteI do use my phone as an alarm clock. I turn off the ringer, which means the sounds of incoming texts, Scrabble and Words with Friends are also off. The alarm still sounds, but I'm not woken up by folks reaching out to me.
I too would be lost without my iPhone, but at the same time, I often purposely "lose" it for awhile. For instance, as I focus on reading the ED486 submissions, I don't know exactly where the darn phone is....and I'm not going to look for it until I'm done with my work. "Losing" it like this helps me to not split my attention as much.
I did end up going off a bit on the The New Atlantis website. Many interesting articles!!! Thanks for the heads-up.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty crazy how much media is used in one day. I think its very difficult to get away from it. Even when one is out camping they have access to media especially if there is a cell phone signal.
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