After logging my media usage for two days, I have come to the realization that almost everything I do/use is media. My log was almost completely full, not just from scrolling through my Instagram feed but also from taking notes and attending my lectures.

This log sheet showed me just how relevant media is to everyone’s life. My log began with mw tracking me media usage of my average Tuesday. My Tuesday begins by waking up at 10 in the morning and instantly turning off my alarm and checking my social media. I begin with Instagram, then snapchat, and finally look at my email to make sure I still have class. After checking all of my platforms I once again take to media to text my friend Kelly to go to Bolton to grab some breakfast before class. After breakfast I walk to class and will once again check my social media. Lately I have been trying to not rely on my phone as much while walking to class because our campus is so beautiful and I want to take it all in. Once in class I sit in the second row to see a massive screen with the PowerPoint of physical geography projected. And once again I am faced with media. After an hour and fifteen minutes of constant note writing and staring at a screen I am free to walk back home and scan my social media. I repeat this process two hours later, but during this gap I take the time to relax my brain…with more media. I watch about two episodes of Sex and the City then head back to class. Once I am done with class for the day I go in and out of my phone, texting my friends, searching Facebook, scrolling through Instagram, and sending snapchats. In reality, I never escape media usage. It is a never ending stream of media.

The next day I logged was Saturday. My Saturdays are typically very relaxed to recover from the long week. This Saturday in particular I decided to binge watch an unhealthy amount of Sex and the City. During the weekends I find that I am exposed to even more media, because if I am not cramming for the next week’s tests, I am watching television or scrolling through my phone.

It is mind-blowing to alter your understanding of what you thought media is. Before tracking my media usage, I simply though media was solely what I did on my phone. Now I realize that media is all around us and is almost unavoidable. With the technology and access, we have today, media is a part of everything we do and does not always deserve the negative connotation we give it. The media I exposed to when sitting in lectures is extremely beneficial, making me expand my knowledge and earn a degree. Without media we would not be who we are today.