How much media do I consume in a day? & How much questionable content do I come across?
To be completely honest I do not consume that much media. Which I understand is off brand as a Gen Z person, considering the average American spends over five hours a day on their phones, with Generation Z spending upwards of six and a half hours. Last week from August 16-23, my average screen time was 2 hours and 7 minutes. Considering this, it was quite simple to piece together the few times I picked up my phone or opened my laptop. I am also choosing to include times from yesterday for more data.
August 30th
9:00am
I woke up realizing I had to turn in this assignment so I figured checking my email for news updates would be a good start. I don’t subscribe to many news platforms. Other than LinkedIn sending me one trillion spam jobs, I accidentally signed up for New York Times. At this time I did not actually open any of the articles, but simply looked at the headlines:
Trump Orders the Government to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Six Months In, Iran’s Regime Stands, U.S. Goals Remain Unmet
ICE Agent Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight
These three headlines sparked my curiosity and led me to believe that the New York Times is probably biased and evidently left leaning. Later at work I talked with a coworker and had a good laugh about Lake America. I went back to NYTimes and actually read the full article.
9:30 am
Switched over to youtube after making my coffee to watch and follow along to a work out video.
8:00 pm
Got out of work around 6:30 and got home a bit after 7 because I stopped by the grocery store. I decided to listen to my favorite podcast while cutting up the watermelon and honey dew that I just purchased and while making dinner. The podcast is a true crime comedy podcast and I listened while the host told me about “‘Witch Doctor’ murderer Mona Fandey.” Went online after listening to check out some sources that were used. A list of 30 sources, wow these gals really do their research!
Now to back track a little bit…
August 29th
8:30 am
Workout video, self explanatory
9:30 am
Did some brand research for a group project I am working on in my fashion communication strategies class. We are to chose a brand, do research, and create a PR opportunity surrounding the brand. Our brand is Magnolia Pearl and these are some articles I found interesting and helpful to my reasearch:
Magnolia Pearl’s Authenticity Bleeds Through
I could not find out anything about the author of this article. Need to do further digging into this source? How do I know they are legit?
An Expensive, Rustic Brand Faces Backlash for Its ‘Poverty’ Aesthetic
This article is from New York Times (my favorite site apparently lol) The author is much easier to find out about, which makes this source seem more credible.
10:00pm
This is when I got back from work and was finally settling down. Got sent a youtube short from my boyfriend who definitely just wanted to push my buttons: Males are the Beautiful Gender.
Which yea, absolutely disinformation and fake news, period.
Apprarently scientifically based on the fact that female animal species are usually the plainer less beautiful counterparts to the males. Think peacocks or ducks. Posted by a “youtube personailty” and twitch streamer. Super official. (I am being sarcastic)
Anyways,that was the two days worth of media I have consumed. Other than New York Times being slightly partisan (as newspapers have always been) and the silly youtube short I watched. I have not come across any jarring misinformation or disinformation. It was interesting to analyze the sources and get a deeper dive into the media I have consumed.
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