I watch a lot of television.I am a television addict.
It was a real eye-opener to track my media consumption for 24 hours. Without realizing it I have had contact with media on a constant basis until I paid attention to it.
My day began with my cell phone. As soon as I woke up, I logged into email, following up on Instagram and Facebook. All the information I needed was found using Google and the videos were found on YouTube throughout the morning. I was listening to a podcast while driving, which I have done more often than not now to learn as I drive.
The majority of my media consumption was professional in the workplace. Email was used extensively, internal systems were accessed and sometimes online resource was used for information. During short breaks, I realized that I was not being intentional about not checking social media.
I changed to entertainment in the evening. Watched Netflix and checked out Amazon again for books on my phone at night. I was using media throughout the day, in a fairly uninterrupted manner.
This exercise was useful to me to see how often I can think about media in an automatic way, particularly social media. I also saw that I am prone to multitasking media, e.g., scrolling and watching TV at the same time, so that I do not pay attention to either.
Some of the most trusted I turn to are the BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news), and NPR (https://www.npr.org/).
They are balanced in their reporting and identify evidence. I also use CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/) for health-related information since it’s a trusted public health source. These are more reliable because they tend to be based on facts, evidence and being transparent and accurate rather than emotional and sensational.
In general, I learned that I watch a lot of media, and also I need to be more aware of what media to watch and share.
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