Adults and teens will spend nearly five months (3,518 hours)
next year watching television, surfing the Internet, reading daily newspapers
and listening to personal music devices, according to the 2007 U.S. Census
Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States.
On reading this
information, I questioned myself to see how much I actually expose myself to
media on a daily basis.
The amount of media exposure on a personnel basis varies
from weekdays to weekend.
On average I would say I watch approximately 2 hours of
television on a daily basis, listen to the radio 2 hours and spend roughly
about 2 hours online each day. I have constant access to the web via i-phone;
which makes it hard to refrain from surfing the web. At the weekend I work Friday,
Saturday and Sunday which takes me away from media; rarely using it at all.
From my waking moment until I sleep at night I am exposed to
media. I feel in this day and age in order to keep with the times it is not
possible not to have quite a quantity of media usage. It can become an addiction and
take over your life. One of my friends in particular must spend 8 hours a day
on social media; this could not be good for you.
It makes you question, have they not got anything else to
do? I can happily say I am not addicted but enjoy what I feel is a
normal/healthy amount.
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