MIGRAIN: Media consumption audit: blog tasks

Newspapers

• Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? -  None
• What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? - None
• What sections do you never read, and why? - None
• What kinds of stories do you usually read and why? - None
• Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?  - None
• Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?  - None

Magazines

• What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? - Fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Vanity  
• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? - I don't tend to read the articles of the magazines because they often go off topic on fashion and instead look at lifestyle. I read the main fashion pages such as new items or trends.

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? - 8-9 hours
• What device do you use to watch television? - TV
• What times of day do you usually watch television? - After school or as eating dinner/lunch
• What programmes do you like best and why? - I enjoy watching kdramas (korean television shows) because I really love and enjoy kpop (korean pop). The best ones I have watched are true beauty, alice in boarderland and all of us are dead
• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch? - afterschool I often watch television on my own, while on the other hand during dinner my younger sister picks what we watch.
• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop or tablet?) - None - I often watch netfilx and youtube

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio? - None
• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?- None
• Do you listen to podcasts?- None
• If yes, what podcasts have you listened to recently?- None
• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend listening to podcasts or radio?- None
• What times of the day do you usually listen to podcasts or radio?- None
• Where do you listen to podcast or radio?- None
• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening?- None
• Does anyone else in your house listen to the radio or podcasts? If so, when do they listen?- None

Film

• What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month? - F1, Jurassic park and smurfs
• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite/cable film channels (free or otherwise) or streaming? - high school catfish, lots of kdramas, (don't remember the others)
• Who else watched the films with you? - My parents and younger sister
• Who decided what films to watch? - All of us take turns on what to watch
• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.? - Tv and laptop

Online

• How often do you access the internet? - everday
• Where do you access the internet? At home, at school, commuting etc. - home, school, public
• What are the main sites that you access? - Instagram, Whatsapp, Youtube 
• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment? - to message friends, make online purchases such as online shopping, studying as well
• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet? - listening to music or studying such as writing up flashcards
• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet? -  My Primary device would be my laptop. But I also use my phone a lot
• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular? - Instagram. I use Instagram because I believe it is not as addicting compared to watching tiktok videos which people can spend hours, if not a whole day on. Which can make one miss out on opportunities

Final section: reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume? - Being more engaged into the news and the world around us. Also thinking about why this happened and what this is supposed to mean as watching different types of media.
• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media? - I would pay more attention to detail in different types of media along with how others may view the same media that is being presented.
• List three sources of media (websites/newspapers/apps/TV programmes etc.) that you will start to access this year that you haven't engaged with previously - Newpapers, Radio, Live TV