Weekly Media Consumption

For my Contemporary Design Theory class, I’ve been asked to document a week’s worth of media consumption...mmm...media. 

Here goes:

Reading: I love to read for pleasure...mmm...pleasure (I’ll stop), but when school is on, there just isn’t a whole lot of time to indulge in a good book. I've been reading Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead for months now, and I’m not making a whole lot of progress, but I am into it. My week of reading breaks down into approximately 2-3hrs of pleasure reading, and 2-3hrs of reading for school.

Radio: Funnily enough, when I listen to the radio it isn’t to tune into music, in fact, I find much of what’s on conventional radio to be, well, conventional. When I do tune into a radio station, it’s usually CBC radio and I listen to catch up on the latest bits of relevant news. That being said, I have a friend who subscribes to Sirius satellite radio, and there is a program called Left of Centre which plays a great mix of new music. I am very tempted to sign up for it, very tempted indeed. My week of radio consumption amounts to about 2 hours in total. 

Music: So, while I don’t listen to a lot of music on the radio, I do listen to a lot of music. I’ve got a few wheelbarrow loads worth of Cd’s, and I keep buying them like they’re going out of style hmm...I guess they are. I listen to about 25 hours of music during a typical week. 

T.V. / DVD’S: I watch way too much television. If I’m home, and a baseball game is on, it’s pretty much a sure thing I’ll be watching it. I figure the typical game lasts about three hours. Since it’s currently baseball season and teams play almost every day, I’m pretty much watching a baseball game every day. Now, as sad as that sounds, I’m far from glued to the television for the entire three hours, usually I take the opportunity to have a nap, or cruise the internet, or flip through a magazine, or do some homework, or, or, or. There’s something reassuring about just having the T.V. on.  I probably have the television on for a misleading 30 hours a week. 

Email: I check that email thing rather often. It has become a habit. A greedy, needy habit. The ratio of emails I actually get to the number of times I check my email is way off - way, way off. I wish I were more popular. I have started sending out random emails to random email addresses, just to see if I get responses. No I haven’t, but send me an email, it'll make me feel better. I probably receive about 25-35 relevant emails a week, and send out about the same. 

Web: Email and web surfing go hand in hand in terms of sheer obsessiveness. I have my sites, and come hell or high water I am going to visit those sites. I will. I will. I will. I probably spend 15-20 hours a week on the internet - maybe more. 

Video Games: Me and my friend Muhammadali play video games constantly. He kicks my ass at just about everything we play, but he’s a good sport and never rubs it in. That’s why he’s so Mo. Actual time playing video games is near zero hours a week. 

Cell Phone: I will spend 2-3 hours talking on my cell phone per week, and I'll send and receive about 40-50 text messages per week. 

Merci!