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Media Inventory
a) Snapchat: app, phone, 1 hr/day
Reddit: app, phone, 1 hr/day
YouTube: app/website, 2 hr/day
Messages: app, .5 hr/day
Instagram: app, .35 hr/day
TikTok: app, .75 hr/day
Tinder: app, .1 hr/day
b) Snapchat, Messages, and Tinder all serve the purpose of social connection. Reddit and YouTube both serve as news, information, and entertainment. TikTok and Instagram are purely for entertainment purposes.
c) I enjoy being able to learn about new concepts in my spare time with Reddit and YouTube, and it is important to be able to keep up with my friends and loved ones via the apps I use for social connection. However, when it comes to apps used for entertainment I waste a lot of time scrolling mindlessly I do not generally feel very satisfied with my usage of those services in that case. My media generally satisfies me by providing what I want it to provide, however sometimes I am disappointed by my own inability to restrict my volume of consumption.
d) I do not like how I consume media. I consume too much of the wrong media too often. I have set limits for myself through my phone’s settings, but they are probably in need of a reduction. My one exception is YouTube, because I use that service almost in the same capacity as reading the newspaper or watching the morning news. While I eat breakfast I watch videos about the latest developments in fields that I’m interested in, or simply just try to learn something new about a subject I think is cool. Other than this, though, I am generally unhappy with how I consume media and would like to make changes to the amount I consume. Perhaps I could attempt to be a little more self-aware of when I’m just scrolling because I am bored, not because I genuinely want to do it. I would be comfortable trying to cut off my media intake for a day, or even multiple days, just to see how it would affect me.
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