Media in our Lives

On Monday, I asked my students in my 9 a.m. Global Media Literacy what media they had used since midnight.  Here’s what they had done during the first 9 hours of the day (during which they presumably slept a little…).  The names have been removed to protect the guilty:

  • I used my iPhone to do Facebook and to listen to music.
  • I used my laptop to watch the movie “Changeling.”
  • Websites
  • Book
  • Facebook Skype
  • Conversation with friends
  • Texting
  • Used my iPad for an alarm
  • Used my phone for an alarm
  • Watched TV (before bed last night)
  • Email on cell phone
  • Subway Specials Flyer
  • This class (Stories from Hanson)
  • Read a book
  • Checked email
  • Subway Special Flyer
  • Watched TV
  • Listened to Radio in truck
  • Listened to Pandora Radio
  • Twitter
  • Watched TV
  • Listen to music
  • Searched though the net
  • Listened to Pandora while I was getting ready
  • Listened to radio on drive here
  • Watched Moonshiners on TV
  • Used internet for:  Facebook reddit, ebaumsworld
  • Listened to techno beats off my Zune
  • Played Call of duty black ops
  • Internet
  • Music
  • Television
  • Video Games
  • Texting
  • Music on the radio
  • Facebook on my phone
  • Facebook
  • Music
  • Instagram
  • TV
  • YouTube (music and video)
  • Phone call
  • Text
  • Kakao Talk
  • Kakao Story
  • (Note: Kakao is a Korean social media service)
  • Facebook
  • Loper Mail
  • Snapchat
  • Surfed the web
  • Checked email
  • Watched a music video
  • Read an article from GQ magazine
  • Listened to radio
  • Phone
  • Music
  • Book
  • Television (Fox News)
  • Internet (Facebook)
  • Television
  • Web browsing
  • Listen to music
  • Netflix
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Wanelo (shopping site)
  • Blog websites
  • MSN News
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Radio
  • I-Pod
  • Book
  • Class notes
  • News on Web
  • Read books
  • Listen to the radio
  • Music from my iPod
  • TV in the cafeteria
  • Facebook
  • Internet
  • Music
  • Cell phone
  • Radio
  • Fox news (TV)
  • Facebook (Internet)
  • Twitter (Internet)
  • Pinterest
  • Internet
  • Books
  • Music
  • TV
  • Internet
  • Music

Remember, this was by 9 in the morning on a school day.  Don’t ever doubt Truth 1: Media are  a central part of our lives!

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