On Monday, I asked my students in my 9 a.m. Global Media Literacy what media they had used since midnight. Here’s what they had done during the first 9 hours of the day (during which they presumably slept a little…). The names have been removed to protect the guilty:
- I used my iPhone to do Facebook and to listen to music.
- I used my laptop to watch the movie “Changeling.”
- Websites
- Book
- Facebook Skype
- Conversation with friends
- Texting
- Used my iPad for an alarm
- Used my phone for an alarm
- Watched TV (before bed last night)
- Email on cell phone
- Subway Specials Flyer
- This class (Stories from Hanson)
- Read a book
- Checked email
- Subway Special Flyer
- Watched TV
- Listened to Radio in truck
- Listened to Pandora Radio
- Watched TV
- Listen to music
- Searched though the net
- Listened to Pandora while I was getting ready
- Listened to radio on drive here
- Watched Moonshiners on TV
- Used internet for: Facebook reddit, ebaumsworld
- Listened to techno beats off my Zune
- Played Call of duty black ops
- Internet
- Music
- Television
- Video Games
- Texting
- Music on the radio
- Facebook on my phone
- Music
- TV
- YouTube (music and video)
- Phone call
- Text
- Kakao Talk
- Kakao Story
- (Note: Kakao is a Korean social media service)
- Loper Mail
- Snapchat
- Surfed the web
- Checked email
- Watched a music video
- Read an article from GQ magazine
- Listened to radio
- Phone
- Music
- Book
- Television (Fox News)
- Internet (Facebook)
- Television
- Web browsing
- Listen to music
- Netflix
- Wanelo (shopping site)
- Blog websites
- MSN News
- Radio
- I-Pod
- Book
- Class notes
- News on Web
- Read books
- Listen to the radio
- Music from my iPod
- TV in the cafeteria
- Internet
- Music
- Cell phone
- Radio
- Fox news (TV)
- Facebook (Internet)
- Twitter (Internet)
- Internet
- Books
- Music
- TV
- Internet
- Music
Remember, this was by 9 in the morning on a school day. Don’t ever doubt Truth 1: Media are a central part of our lives!