Media consumption audit

 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?

no

• 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?

I only buy ones with covers I like to decorate my room

• What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why?

none

Television

• Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television?

50

• What device do you use to watch television?

TV or iPad 

• What times of day do you usually watch television?

morning and afterschool

• What programmes do you like best and why?

dramas because they are interesting but also sitcoms whilst I'm doing other stuff

• Do you watch alone or with others? If you watch with others, who decides what you will watch?

alone but sometimes with friends on facetime 

• Do you watch 'live' TV or on-demand/catch-up? Do you use any other devices to watch TV (such as laptop or tablet?) catch up and iPad sometimes laptop

Radio

• Do you listen to the radio?

no

• If yes, what stations do you like best and why?
• Do you listen to podcasts?

no

• 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?
• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst listening?

I listened in the background when revision for GCSEs 

• Does anyone else in your house listen to the radio or podcasts? If so, when do they listen?

My grandma whenever she can

Film

• What films have you seen in the cinema in the last month?

-Blink twice

-long legs

-a quiet place

-alien

• What films have you seen in other places – for example, through Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite/cable film channels (free or otherwise) or streaming?

the virgin suicides

10 things I hate about you

500 days of summer

that's my boy

inside out 2

• Who else watched the films with you?

me or my friends

• Who decided what films to watch?

friends

• What devices do you typically use to watch films: TV, laptop, tablet, phone etc.?

Ipad and laptop
Online

• How often do you access the internet?

All the time

• Where do you access the internet? At home, at school, commuting etc.

Everywhere

• What are the main sites that you access?

Tiktok and snapchat

• What are the main reasons for accessing these sites – for example, for information, to make purchases, communicate with friends or for entertainment?

I use tiktok for everything and I use snapchat to communicate and as a second camera roll since it takes up less storage

• What other activities (if any) do you do whilst accessing the internet?

none

• What different devices do you use to access the internet? What is your primary device for accessing the internet?

Mainly use my phone

• What social networks do you use regularly (e.g. Twitter, Instagram)? Why do you belong to these networks in particular?

Tiktok and Insta

Final section: reflection

• How can you develop the amount and variety of media you consume?

Spending less time on Tiktok and looking at other forms of media

• What will you change in your media consumption habits this year as a result of studying A Level Media?

Look at different websites or social medias that I don't use 

• 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.

magazines 

newspapers

radio